The ranking Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee is asking for an investigation into the activities of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency at the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration earlier this week, The Hill reported Friday.

Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Ca., sent a letter to committee Chairman Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., asking him to investigate reports that DOGE members had locked out career staff at NOAA and accessed systems at its offices in Silver Spring, Maryland, according to the report. Huffman earlier this week said DOGE was “wreaking havoc” on the agency.

“NOAA provides cutting-edge research and services to keep American families safe and bolsters a sustainable blue economy, services that Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle – including within the Natural Resources Committee – support through annual appropriations requests and diligent reauthorizations of NOAA programs,” Huffman wrote, according to The Hill. “We all have constituents in our districts who will suffer if NOAA’s work is halted.”

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