Exclusive: Rep. Chip Roy Questions If Republicans ‘Have Seriousness of Resolve to Reduce Spending’Hannah Knudsen 29 Apr 2025
The question is, do Republicans have “seriousness of resolve to reduce spending,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily, discussing the reconciliation bill and the need for massive spending cuts.
When asked if reconciliation would be completed by Memorial Day, Roy said that leadership in both the House and Senate have an incentive to “try to prod this along and move it quickly.”
“I think quality and getting it done the right way matters. So I’m not necessarily as focused on the timeline as I am getting it done correctly,” he said, emphasizing that Republicans must deliver what they and President Donald Trump campaigned on in alignment with the America First agenda.
“We’ve got to reduce spending, and we hope we’ll get the get the job done with a total package that gets tax cuts, the thing that we want to deliver on, but we’ve got to reduce spending,” Roy stressed. “We’ve got to address the issues that we said we would address, and so we’ll see how everybody delivers over the next few weeks.”
“There’s a number of components to this, right? I mean, you know, we’re going to be working, for example, in the judiciary portion of this bill. I serve on the Judiciary Committee, so we’ll be dealing with border security, or at least the chunks that are in our jurisdiction,” he said, noting that they will be doing that this week.
“But at the end of the day, if we can get those parts done, it’s going to be really up to the, you know, Energy and Commerce Committee and a couple of other committees jurisdiction to find the savings necessary in reducing spending increases,” he said, explaining that his colleagues must do the math and face the reality they have been dealt with.
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