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Chip Roy: “Well, you do a great job of it. Keep pounding on the math. We have made slight progress with flat discretionary spending…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2026
Well, you do a great job of it. Keep pounding on the math. We have made slight progress with flat discretionary spending for 2 or 3 years and a little bit of work last year in the big, beautiful bill, but we barely dented the problem. Mr. Speaker, the iceberg sits in front of us. We are on the Titanic. A few of us are pulling the wheel, but, hell, people on both sides of the aisle are pulling the wheel the other direction. Our kids and grandkids depend on us actually avoiding the frigging iceberg. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
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Chip Roy
Republican · Texas

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Addressing the need for fiscal responsibility and the urgency of addressing national debt.

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