"It means that’s going to be an issue in the next presidential race."
"The House Freedom Caucus strongly supports these critical rescissions, and we will support as many more rescissions packages the White House can send us in the coming weeks and months."
"There is still a lot of work to be done in deficit reduction and ending waste, fraud, and abuse in the Medicaid program."
"This bill actually got worse overnight. There's no way it passes today. ... We may need a couple weeks to iron everything out."
"I don't think it can be done today. I mean, the runway is short today."
"I'm not sure this can be done this week. I'm pretty confident it could be done in 10 days. But that's up to leadership to decide."
"We're saying work within the goalposts, rearrange it within the goalposts in accordance with what the president wants – end waste, fraud and abuse in Medicaid, which is wasting dollars that should be ..."
"There is no way it passes today."
"No, we are still a ways away, but we can get there."
"We should use this opportunity to make certain that DC isn’t wasting money on ideas like DEI or reparations."
"I have said the same."
"spend time with people whose minds he might change. He’s just not going to change my mind."