Laurel Lee Told Floridians DOGE Put "$700 Back in the Pocket of Every American Taxpayer." Congress's Own Auditor Just Took the Numbers Apart.
On August 6, 2026, the GAO reported that DOGE's savings claims were incorrect or unsupported — including $1.7 billion booked on a Pentagon contract that was never actually cancelled. Lee had passed the numbers along to her constituents as fact.