Emmer: House Republicans are going to get this thing done
Washington,
January 28, 2025
WASHINGTON — Majority Whip Tom Emmer today joined Fox & Friends to discuss reconciliation and President Trump’s ICE raids. Click here or above to watch the clip. Whip Emmer on passing reconciliation: “It doesn’t matter to the Whip whether it’s one or two. You give me one, we are going to pass that. You give us two, we are going to pass that. The work is in progress, Ainsley, so the final work product will be the key. All the committees are doing their work. We will have a vote on a budget resolution next week, which unlocks the process and then it will move forward from there. But our job is to make sure that every one of our members has ownership of this process. It works a lot better when you get to the end of the process if they have all been involved. And then, of course, the president, he’s the big x-factor. He’s not only a unifier for this country, but he is a huge, unifying force for our small majority.” Whip Emmer on intraparty discussions on reconciliation: “There’s an internal discussion about how you account for the tax cuts. There’s a group that looks at the government’s accounting system as a scam, right? They count your income, Ainsley, in their budget before you ever earn it. And when we tell Ainsley she can keep some of her money, they suddenly say that costs us all kinds of money when it’s really about balancing the budget, taking care of your deficit, and dealing with the debt. There’s another group that says we have to pay for it. I heard Brian talking about it earlier. It’s about a…$4.5 trillion we’ll say pay-for that you have to get to do all of the tax cuts. Now, you also have the chairs of these committees in the Senate and the House, Jason Smith in the House, who believe that a continuation of existing policy shouldn’t cost anything because we’re not changing anything. So, that’s the debate. It will play itself out towards the end. And when we get there, Ainsley, we are going to get this thing done. That’s why the American people elected Donald Trump, and that’s why we have to perform to enact his agenda.” Whip Emmer on President Trump’s ICE raids: “Thank God. I mean, this is a promise that Donald Trump made on the campaign trail. Clearly, he won the popular vote. This is the issue. People want to be safe and secure in their communities. They are moving swiftly and quickly and very straightforward on removing all these rapists, murderers, and gang members that have come across our southern border. Frankly, I wish they’d be doing it in my home state of Minnesota. I’ve got a governor that likes to say we’re a sanctuary state. That’s not putting Minnesotans first. That’s not putting Americans first. Kristi Noem is enacting the president’s agenda of putting America first. Let’s get these bad actors out of our country.” ### |