Just very quickly, you heard Leader Scalise address this. House Republicans are continuing the FY26 appropriations process and our efforts to responsibly fund the government while also cutting spending. Why? Because my friends We have a $37 trillion federal debt. Remember, we cut 1.6 trillion in the big beautiful bill. And that was a huge leap forward because it's the largest amount of savings ever achieved by any legislative body in the history of mankind. (04:49–04:53)
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