Scott Besson

I wish in my soul, I wish that any of these people had a conscience.

Senator, it may be a bit nuanced for you, but what President Trump is referring to is the media saying that the affordability crisis was generated by this administration when it was you and President Biden who destroyed the buying power of the American people.

So there is an affordability crisis, and you were front and center in it.

He is saying that trying to lay the blame at this administration rather than the Biden-Warren economy is a hoax.

21.5% cumulative inflation.

Again, you're not giving the 25 million.

You're giving a segment of that that would fit into very specific criteria.

Number one, they cannot have committed a crime in the United States.

or in their country of origin.

Number two, they cannot collect government benefits, period.

Number three, they have to pay all back taxes and a fine for coming into this country illegally and go through this process.

Then they are deported.

You have to abide by the terms of this.

And part of this, and I fundamentally believe, if you gave people an option to come out of the shadows...

to stop hiding and skirting a legal process, if you gave them a process forward that foregoes any path to citizenship, they would take it.

Lawmakers had wide ranging questions about President Trump's economic agenda for Treasury Secretary Scott Besson.

But things went off the rails at times during questioning by Democrats like New York Congressman Gregory Meeks.

The committee's ranking member, Maxine Waters, questioned Besson about tariffs, arguing levies on lumber and steel are driving up housing costs.

Reclaiming my time.

Reclaiming my time.