Chip Roy

It's the most fiscally responsible thing we can do at this moment. But then we'll have to do our job in the appropriations process for this next cycle, which, by the way, this appropriation cycle ends on September 30th. So we've got to get all that passed for FY26 by September.

It's the most fiscally responsible thing we can do at this moment. But then we'll have to do our job in the appropriations process for this next cycle, which, by the way, this appropriation cycle ends on September 30th. So we've got to get all that passed for FY26 by September.

It's the most fiscally responsible thing we can do at this moment. But then we'll have to do our job in the appropriations process for this next cycle, which, by the way, this appropriation cycle ends on September 30th. So we've got to get all that passed for FY26 by September.

So we should focus on that and then get reconciliation done, which is where we deal with mandatory spending and tax policy. So it's a win. I think the president wants it. We want it. There's a handful of holdouts who are saying, oh, it's not good enough. Guys, this is a win to free spending and to give them power to continue to find cuts and doge.

So we should focus on that and then get reconciliation done, which is where we deal with mandatory spending and tax policy. So it's a win. I think the president wants it. We want it. There's a handful of holdouts who are saying, oh, it's not good enough. Guys, this is a win to free spending and to give them power to continue to find cuts and doge.

So we should focus on that and then get reconciliation done, which is where we deal with mandatory spending and tax policy. So it's a win. I think the president wants it. We want it. There's a handful of holdouts who are saying, oh, it's not good enough. Guys, this is a win to free spending and to give them power to continue to find cuts and doge.

Yeah, and look, and I'm always weary, as you are, it should be, we both should be, of the excuses in this town. There's always an excuse not to deliver. What I would push back on people right now is we're delivering. A spending freeze in an inflationary environment is a huge win. Trust me, we budgeted for a freeze in our budget that we passed out a few weeks ago.

Yeah, and look, and I'm always weary, as you are, it should be, we both should be, of the excuses in this town. There's always an excuse not to deliver. What I would push back on people right now is we're delivering. A spending freeze in an inflationary environment is a huge win. Trust me, we budgeted for a freeze in our budget that we passed out a few weeks ago.

Yeah, and look, and I'm always weary, as you are, it should be, we both should be, of the excuses in this town. There's always an excuse not to deliver. What I would push back on people right now is we're delivering. A spending freeze in an inflationary environment is a huge win. Trust me, we budgeted for a freeze in our budget that we passed out a few weeks ago.

If you hold spending flat for four years, for example, and while the economy is growing and we grow out of it, you save a trillion dollars over 10 years. In other words, freezing spending and doing our job to get tax policy and regulatory policy to allow, for example, Marco Rubio, just this morning, there's a report that says they're going to cut 83% of the USAID contracts.

If you hold spending flat for four years, for example, and while the economy is growing and we grow out of it, you save a trillion dollars over 10 years. In other words, freezing spending and doing our job to get tax policy and regulatory policy to allow, for example, Marco Rubio, just this morning, there's a report that says they're going to cut 83% of the USAID contracts.

If you hold spending flat for four years, for example, and while the economy is growing and we grow out of it, you save a trillion dollars over 10 years. In other words, freezing spending and doing our job to get tax policy and regulatory policy to allow, for example, Marco Rubio, just this morning, there's a report that says they're going to cut 83% of the USAID contracts.

So I've got conservatives going, why are we going to fund USAID? Guys, we're not. We've got funding in there, but they're going to stop the contracts so we can get that money. And then Russ Vogt can impound that money through the Office of Management and Budget. We think that's constitutional. We'll have to fight that through the courts. But you've got to give us time.

So I've got conservatives going, why are we going to fund USAID? Guys, we're not. We've got funding in there, but they're going to stop the contracts so we can get that money. And then Russ Vogt can impound that money through the Office of Management and Budget. We think that's constitutional. We'll have to fight that through the courts. But you've got to give us time.

So I've got conservatives going, why are we going to fund USAID? Guys, we're not. We've got funding in there, but they're going to stop the contracts so we can get that money. And then Russ Vogt can impound that money through the Office of Management and Budget. We think that's constitutional. We'll have to fight that through the courts. But you've got to give us time.

You've got to give the president time. You've got to give Russ Vogt time. You've got to give Elon time. This is a win.

You've got to give the president time. You've got to give Russ Vogt time. You've got to give Elon time. This is a win.

You've got to give the president time. You've got to give Russ Vogt time. You've got to give Elon time. This is a win.

I do. First of all, for your listeners out there, impoundment, I do believe, is constitutional. I think Congress overstepped its bounds in limiting the president's authority as the chief executive to not spend every dollar. There's no constitutional requirement that he has to spend every dollar a certain way. He's the executive.

I do. First of all, for your listeners out there, impoundment, I do believe, is constitutional. I think Congress overstepped its bounds in limiting the president's authority as the chief executive to not spend every dollar. There's no constitutional requirement that he has to spend every dollar a certain way. He's the executive.