Chip Roy

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.

Secondly, if that fails, if the courts kill that, I don't believe they will, then in addition to, there's rescission authority. Now, we can start rescission, but then that requires 60 votes in the Senate. Or the White House can send us rescissions And then it can go through the House and the Senate at a majority vote, 51 in the Senate. So they're working on that plan.

Secondly, if that fails, if the courts kill that, I don't believe they will, then in addition to, there's rescission authority. Now, we can start rescission, but then that requires 60 votes in the Senate. Or the White House can send us rescissions And then it can go through the House and the Senate at a majority vote, 51 in the Senate. So they're working on that plan.

Secondly, if that fails, if the courts kill that, I don't believe they will, then in addition to, there's rescission authority. Now, we can start rescission, but then that requires 60 votes in the Senate. Or the White House can send us rescissions And then it can go through the House and the Senate at a majority vote, 51 in the Senate. So they're working on that plan.

There are other tools that I'm not going to get into right now. I'm not going to get in front of the administration on some of these things that they can do to carry out spending restraint. And then finally, in reconciliation, we have the power to do a lot at a 51 vote threshold.

There are other tools that I'm not going to get into right now. I'm not going to get in front of the administration on some of these things that they can do to carry out spending restraint. And then finally, in reconciliation, we have the power to do a lot at a 51 vote threshold.

There are other tools that I'm not going to get into right now. I'm not going to get in front of the administration on some of these things that they can do to carry out spending restraint. And then finally, in reconciliation, we have the power to do a lot at a 51 vote threshold.

That's why we passed the budget, Jody Arrington, to get Medicaid reform and the things that we need to do to save money while people can maintain benefits, but we can save Hundreds of billions, trillions of dollars if we do our part in that. So this is all part of the process.

That's why we passed the budget, Jody Arrington, to get Medicaid reform and the things that we need to do to save money while people can maintain benefits, but we can save Hundreds of billions, trillions of dollars if we do our part in that. So this is all part of the process.

That's why we passed the budget, Jody Arrington, to get Medicaid reform and the things that we need to do to save money while people can maintain benefits, but we can save Hundreds of billions, trillions of dollars if we do our part in that. So this is all part of the process.

Thanks, Ben. God bless you. Appreciate being on.

Thanks, Ben. God bless you. Appreciate being on.

Thanks, Ben. God bless you. Appreciate being on.

theater last night uh tell us what happened yeah first of all great to be on great to be on the show uh and yeah proud to get out there and try to fight for some level of fiscal sanity i would tell you that i think what we passed last night out of the house of representatives was a very small step but an important step in the right direction what we did and what we passed out of the budget committee on which i serve and the rules committee on which i serve and then the house floor

theater last night uh tell us what happened yeah first of all great to be on great to be on the show uh and yeah proud to get out there and try to fight for some level of fiscal sanity i would tell you that i think what we passed last night out of the house of representatives was a very small step but an important step in the right direction what we did and what we passed out of the budget committee on which i serve and the rules committee on which i serve and then the house floor

is we set a floor of spending reductions. Now, let me be very clear. This is Washington speak. This is actually reductions and increases. We are not yet to the point where we've embraced the need to have the cuts that reduce the spending. Doge is doing that. We need to in Congress. What we passed yesterday was a reduction in increases in spending, of about $1.5 trillion, a floor.

is we set a floor of spending reductions. Now, let me be very clear. This is Washington speak. This is actually reductions and increases. We are not yet to the point where we've embraced the need to have the cuts that reduce the spending. Doge is doing that. We need to in Congress. What we passed yesterday was a reduction in increases in spending, of about $1.5 trillion, a floor.

We can go higher. We should. So we actually get the cuts. But then we set that floor in place, and we tied that to the tax policy. We tied that to extending President Trump's tax cuts and then being able to provide additional tax relief. But we put them together so that we can basically be responsible to ensure deficits will go down. We're not where we need to be yet, but it was a step.

We can go higher. We should. So we actually get the cuts. But then we set that floor in place, and we tied that to the tax policy. We tied that to extending President Trump's tax cuts and then being able to provide additional tax relief. But we put them together so that we can basically be responsible to ensure deficits will go down. We're not where we need to be yet, but it was a step.

When you pass the budget, now the Senate has to do it. Once we get those aligned, then we have to do the actual work of reconciliation, where we do all of the votes on the specific measures, the tax policy and the spending. My requirement to my colleagues is we must reduce deficits. We must bring down spending.