Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he returned almost $900 million in federal funding to the federal government on Friday after meeting with Elon Musk, the head of the new Department of Government Efficiency.

"For years, Florida has been trying to return federal funds to the federal government due to the ideological strings attached by the Biden Administration—but they couldn't even figure out how to accept it," he wrote on X.

"Today, I met with Elon Musk and the DOGE team, and we got this done in the same day. Other states should follow Florida in supporting DOGE's efforts!" he added.