Sean Hannity

Your time's up, Senator, and woefully used, I might add. Your remarks do not represent the view of this committee.

Your time's up, Senator, and woefully used, I might add. Your remarks do not represent the view of this committee.

Well, I think, look, this is the most historic level of mandatory savings that we've had ever, $1.6 trillion. And just to give people a little bit of context, for 30 years, we've had virtually no efforts to cut mandatory savings, which are the things that are hardwired into permanent law, welfare benefits, things like Medicaid.

Well, I think, look, this is the most historic level of mandatory savings that we've had ever, $1.6 trillion. And just to give people a little bit of context, for 30 years, we've had virtually no efforts to cut mandatory savings, which are the things that are hardwired into permanent law, welfare benefits, things like Medicaid.

Well, I think, look, this is the most historic level of mandatory savings that we've had ever, $1.6 trillion. And just to give people a little bit of context, for 30 years, we've had virtually no efforts to cut mandatory savings, which are the things that are hardwired into permanent law, welfare benefits, things like Medicaid.

And we've had nothing of consequence since the 1997 balanced budget agreement, which included the work requirements with the Republican Congress and Bill Clinton.

And we've had nothing of consequence since the 1997 balanced budget agreement, which included the work requirements with the Republican Congress and Bill Clinton.

And we've had nothing of consequence since the 1997 balanced budget agreement, which included the work requirements with the Republican Congress and Bill Clinton.

This bill essentially doubles that with $1.6 trillion, begins to have sizable savings to get illegal immigrants off of Medicaid, to have a work requirement in Medicaid to take those reforms from 1997 and apply them to more of the federal government. to get people back into the labor force.

This bill essentially doubles that with $1.6 trillion, begins to have sizable savings to get illegal immigrants off of Medicaid, to have a work requirement in Medicaid to take those reforms from 1997 and apply them to more of the federal government. to get people back into the labor force.

This bill essentially doubles that with $1.6 trillion, begins to have sizable savings to get illegal immigrants off of Medicaid, to have a work requirement in Medicaid to take those reforms from 1997 and apply them to more of the federal government. to get people back into the labor force.

So it does sizable things at the same time as being, in addition to the economic growth that we think will come from this, because my view as the budget guy, you can't cut spending if you don't have a growing economy. And so the last thing you want to do is not preserve these tax cuts, get them extended. That is really just what current law is. There's a unique thing in budget land where you...

So it does sizable things at the same time as being, in addition to the economic growth that we think will come from this, because my view as the budget guy, you can't cut spending if you don't have a growing economy. And so the last thing you want to do is not preserve these tax cuts, get them extended. That is really just what current law is. There's a unique thing in budget land where you...

So it does sizable things at the same time as being, in addition to the economic growth that we think will come from this, because my view as the budget guy, you can't cut spending if you don't have a growing economy. And so the last thing you want to do is not preserve these tax cuts, get them extended. That is really just what current law is. There's a unique thing in budget land where you...

allow for programs to be permanent, but tax relief sunsets. So all that we're doing is extending what is essentially current law and then adding $1.6 trillion in mandatory savings. We think it's actually historic and something this town has even begun to approach. And we're working with members to be able to tell that story.

allow for programs to be permanent, but tax relief sunsets. So all that we're doing is extending what is essentially current law and then adding $1.6 trillion in mandatory savings. We think it's actually historic and something this town has even begun to approach. And we're working with members to be able to tell that story.

allow for programs to be permanent, but tax relief sunsets. So all that we're doing is extending what is essentially current law and then adding $1.6 trillion in mandatory savings. We think it's actually historic and something this town has even begun to approach. And we're working with members to be able to tell that story.

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.

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.