House Republican: ‘Hard decisions’ needed on Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare
by Juliann Ventura - 12/03/24 12:21 PM ET
Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) said Tuesday that lawmakers will ultimately face tough choices on spending in next year’s unified GOP government, suggesting cuts may be coming to social welfare programs.
“We’re going to have to have some hard decisions. We got to bring the Democrats in to talk about Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare. There’s hundreds of billions of dollars to be saved, and we know how to do it, we just have to have the stomach to actually take those challenges on,” McCormick told Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo.
Democrats have been sounding the alarm that the GOP trifecta could endanger the social safety net as Republicans look to streamline government spending and offset their proposed tax cuts.
Asked if defense funding should also be cut, McCormick said he’s “not a big fan of that.”
“When you talk about cutting the budget, I’m all about that. And quite frankly, we need to,” he added.
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