Sean Hannity
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Well, we definitely have very slim majorities, and this is what we believe that we can accomplish. And the way I look at it is we have had no successes at all for so many years. We've been living in this town and working and laboring fiscal conservatives all among us and had no victories.
Well, we definitely have very slim majorities, and this is what we believe that we can accomplish. And the way I look at it is we have had no successes at all for so many years. We've been living in this town and working and laboring fiscal conservatives all among us and had no victories.
And this has massive victories, not just on the policy securing the border, national defense, the tax relief, but $1.6 trillion in real mandatory relief, not gimmicks. And so our biggest problem, Ben, is that we have not been able to achieve any successes over 30 years. This one would, and it allows us to then go to the next vehicle and make more progress.
And this has massive victories, not just on the policy securing the border, national defense, the tax relief, but $1.6 trillion in real mandatory relief, not gimmicks. And so our biggest problem, Ben, is that we have not been able to achieve any successes over 30 years. This one would, and it allows us to then go to the next vehicle and make more progress.
And this has massive victories, not just on the policy securing the border, national defense, the tax relief, but $1.6 trillion in real mandatory relief, not gimmicks. And so our biggest problem, Ben, is that we have not been able to achieve any successes over 30 years. This one would, and it allows us to then go to the next vehicle and make more progress.
And once you get in the business of having things that pass and are enacted into law, Now you got the country moving in the right direction and we can get more of the way down the road with regard to restoring our fiscal house to order. But I think you summed it up very, very, very importantly. This is this was not originally the debate to be able to fundamentally balance the budget.
And once you get in the business of having things that pass and are enacted into law, Now you got the country moving in the right direction and we can get more of the way down the road with regard to restoring our fiscal house to order. But I think you summed it up very, very, very importantly. This is this was not originally the debate to be able to fundamentally balance the budget.
And once you get in the business of having things that pass and are enacted into law, Now you got the country moving in the right direction and we can get more of the way down the road with regard to restoring our fiscal house to order. But I think you summed it up very, very, very importantly. This is this was not originally the debate to be able to fundamentally balance the budget.
This was to figure out how much we could do on a critical leverage point to make sure that we weren't hurting. the fiscal situation and to make as much progress as we could. And we're trying to communicate, look, we've got a lot of different levers. We haven't even talked about what's happening in the appropriations process.
This was to figure out how much we could do on a critical leverage point to make sure that we weren't hurting. the fiscal situation and to make as much progress as we could. And we're trying to communicate, look, we've got a lot of different levers. We haven't even talked about what's happening in the appropriations process.
This was to figure out how much we could do on a critical leverage point to make sure that we weren't hurting. the fiscal situation and to make as much progress as we could. And we're trying to communicate, look, we've got a lot of different levers. We haven't even talked about what's happening in the appropriations process.
We sent up a budget that is 20% below non-defense cut from last year, which is the lowest level since fiscal year 17. If you adjust for inflation, it's the lowest since 2000. So that's something that you have to zoom out to be able to look at what's going on here and tell that story about all the moving parts.
We sent up a budget that is 20% below non-defense cut from last year, which is the lowest level since fiscal year 17. If you adjust for inflation, it's the lowest since 2000. So that's something that you have to zoom out to be able to look at what's going on here and tell that story about all the moving parts.
We sent up a budget that is 20% below non-defense cut from last year, which is the lowest level since fiscal year 17. If you adjust for inflation, it's the lowest since 2000. So that's something that you have to zoom out to be able to look at what's going on here and tell that story about all the moving parts.
Well, it depends on the specific funding that we're talking about. But we've identified $160 billion of waste, abuse, of reforms and savings that we are trying to make permanent. And so we will use the Impoundment Control Act, which Congress put in law in the 1970s. We're not big fans of it. We think it's unconstitutional.
Well, it depends on the specific funding that we're talking about. But we've identified $160 billion of waste, abuse, of reforms and savings that we are trying to make permanent. And so we will use the Impoundment Control Act, which Congress put in law in the 1970s. We're not big fans of it. We think it's unconstitutional.
Well, it depends on the specific funding that we're talking about. But we've identified $160 billion of waste, abuse, of reforms and savings that we are trying to make permanent. And so we will use the Impoundment Control Act, which Congress put in law in the 1970s. We're not big fans of it. We think it's unconstitutional.
But there are processes in place that allow us to be able to evade the filibuster in the Senate. And if we can get a majority vote on some of our rescissions bills, we're very happy to work with Congress. Our first rescissions bill on foreign aid and NPR and the Corporation for Public Broadcast should go up very soon. And I think that's going to be passed. I really do.
But there are processes in place that allow us to be able to evade the filibuster in the Senate. And if we can get a majority vote on some of our rescissions bills, we're very happy to work with Congress. Our first rescissions bill on foreign aid and NPR and the Corporation for Public Broadcast should go up very soon. And I think that's going to be passed. I really do.
But there are processes in place that allow us to be able to evade the filibuster in the Senate. And if we can get a majority vote on some of our rescissions bills, we're very happy to work with Congress. Our first rescissions bill on foreign aid and NPR and the Corporation for Public Broadcast should go up very soon. And I think that's going to be passed. I really do.