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Emmer: House Republicans are leading the way toward a ‘responsible, reasonable, and sensible’ budget

Majority Whip Tom Emmer joined CNN This Morning to discuss how House Republicans have forced Joe Biden to the bargaining table on debt ceiling negotiations. He also addressed Republicans’ work toward a responsible, reasonable, and sensible budget that focuses not on spending cuts, but spending reforms to prevent Americans from having to mortgage their children and grandchildren’s futures.




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Whip Emmer on Speaker McCarthy’s meeting with Joe Biden:

“I think Kevin McCarthy will reassure the president there will be no default. He will reassure the president that Social Security and Medicare are off the table. That’s not going to be discussed. But certainly I expect he will tell the president, as he’s told others over the last few weeks, you can’t tell the American people there’s no waste in our government spending that we should be looking at. I think it will be a good first meeting…which hopefully as we proceed, will lead to some type of resolution that’s in the best interest of the American people.”

Whip Emmer on debt ceiling negotiations:

“You talk about cut spending – how about spending reforms? I think people are going to have to look at how this budget is built over the next 10-year period and talk about where those efficiencies are, where the waste is, the things that can be done from a legislative standpoint and with the White House to make sure that the budget that we’re doing going forward is responsible, it’s reasonable, and it’s sensible for the American people so that we’re not mortgaging our children and grandchildren’s future.”

Whip Emmer on defense spending:

“I want to make it very clear. From the Republican side, we’re going to make sure that our men and women in uniform have the equipment, the tools that are necessary for them to accomplish their mission here at home and around the globe. That is the primary goal of what Republicans will do with our counterparts in the White House and on the other side of the aisle.”

 

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