Jared Isaacman

It's this fear.

So you got to entrench yourself and perpetuate programs that shouldn't exist.

No.

So...

Honestly, when you're a nominee, they don't tell you anything about the president's budget or any of those kind of plans because they want you to have deniability with the senators.

I mean, if I knew that the president's budget was going to slash by 20%, they'd never let you out of committee.

You'd never get a floor vote.

Like, they would hold you hostage intentionally.

until they got some, you know, the senators would, until they got concessions.

So I was as surprised as anyone.

I mean, during my hearing, I basically said, look, I don't think budgets are going up, guys.

So, like, we don't have unlimited funding.

We got to be smart and concentrate our resources on what moves the needle.

But did I generally assume that we were going to try and shrink the government under President Trump and get back on stronger fiscal footing?

Sure.

And I totally support it.

Would I pick different things if I was being surgical in the budget?

Yeah.

But generally, I assumed across the board, we were all going to have to do more with less.

And do I think the US government is capable of doing more with less?