Wisconsin Congressman Mark Pocan joins Joan Esposito. The Madison Democrat is chair emeritus of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

In the interview Pocan discussed the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy (ELON MUSK) Act, which he introduced in the House in early February. 

"An unelected, unaccountable person shouldn't be in the position [Elon Musk] is in," Pocan told WCPT, referring to the sweeping power President Donald Trump has granted Musk to remake the federal government. "He's been put in charge of essentially every federal agency, turning on and off the spigots of money, and this is a guy who is receiving money from those spigots through federal contracts – $20 billion disclosed, plus more undisclosed.

"So the bill basically says either he can keep his contracts . . . or he can have the federal job that he's got. But you can't have both, because certainly that does lead to corruption."

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