David Schweikert: “I have to figure out, do I sit here and just spend my time correcting things that are mathematically not true or not in…”

“I have to figure out, do I sit here and just spend my time correcting things that are mathematically not true or not in the design of what is actually here or just over and over say how much I like working with Mr. Beyer because one day he will be the chair, and I will be in his position. Let's actually walk through some basic math together. What will our spending be this year? It will be $7 trillion. What is actually in the cuts--remember the horrible draconian cuts--is $120 billion in a year. So, $7 trillion--a trillion is a thousand billion, for those of you who are math dysfunctional--let's walk through it, and $120 billion is the Armageddon. I am probably going to end up using these a couple of times here because I think they make a point. The way a reconciliation budget is laid out is it creates a series of boxes. Here are all of these authorizing committees. We need you to find savings. We need you to find those savings through modernization and waste and fraud. We are going to spend a little time actually talking about some great documents even the Biden administration produced on waste and fraud, and I am sure every Member here has actually read them. We have some other articles from The Wall Street Journal on Medicare Advantage and all these others. Many of them, when all added up, are a trillion-plus dollars. Are we capable of actually being intellectually honest and walking through?…”