(From the Daily Signal) DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) sent Department of Government Efficiency cochairmen Tesla CEO Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy a letter Monday with ideas for budget cuts that could save the federal government more than $2 trillion.

Trump named Musk and Ramaswamy as cochairmen of DOGE on Nov. 12. In the seven-page letter, Ernst’s suggestions ranged from addressing unused space in buildings to uncommitted spending for COVID-19 relief, with the proposed cuts totaling more than $2 trillion.

Ernst has focused on government waste since her election to the Senate in 2014, with a recent focus on the effects of telework and remote work on federal agencies.

“When faced with proposals to trim the fat from Washington’s budget, members of Congress from both parties act like Goldilocks,” Ernst wrote. “It’s too little or too big, always too hard, and never just right. But the real ‘make-believe’ of this fairy tale is that it’s impossible to reduce Washington’s budget without causing pain. Most Americans aren’t even benefi ting in any meaningful way from hundreds of billions of dollars being wasted.”

“While you’re seeking ‘super high-iQ small-government revolutionaries’ for ‘unglamorous cost-cutting,’ all that’s really needed is a little common sense. If you can’t find waste in Washington, there can only be one reason: You didn’t look,” Ernst continued.

Three rail projects in California with a combined price tag of more than $135 billion; $213 million in unemployment payments to millionaires; $31 million in pay to government employees with no assigned duties; and $10 billion in inaccurate Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program payments are among the programs Ernst listed as potential cuts. The Iowa lawmaker also said there was more than $1.6 trillion in uncommitted COVID-19 relief spending.

Ernst announced Friday she would lead a Senate DOGE caucus to work alongside Musk and Ramaswamy, while Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Fla., was named as chair of a House Oversight Committee subpanel called the Delivering on Government Efficiency panel.