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Russell Vought: “Not to my knowledge, no [Democrats did not cut any taxes].”

Featuring: Russell Vought, Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget | National

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Published May 6, 2026 | Video Starts at 05:58

Nobody, when Democrats were in power, they didn't increase taxes. Neither do we. And that was the big part of that score. Right. Just not increasing taxes. Correct. Because CBO score is based on a … Not to my knowledge, no [Democrats did not cut any taxes]. … You've heard me say this before. Prior to the pandemic, we were spending 4.4 trillion. This year we'll spend 7.5 trillion, probably your budget shows, for 8 trillion. (05:58–06:08)

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Asserts that Democrats did not cut taxes during their control.

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“We are going to look at the task force to figure out what tools that we need that we don't have.”
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“Ways to force states to give us the information that we need to collect to be able to make sure they are who they say they are.”
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“If we're in a position where the federal government is just too big and we can't oversee it, that's going to be the time where we have a…”
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“I've been in these meetings with both the President and the Secretary of War and how much pressure they're putting on the contractors.”
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“We want to maintain our qualitative edge technologically and you're seeing that this year across the world.”
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“We also want to ensure that we have low cost items that can be used, low cost munitions.”
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“Many of these [factories] are startups. Many of them put their own money on the table to do their R and D investment.”
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“We are all in on trying to do things differently and that's one of the reasons why we feel the moment is now to come and ask you for an…”
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“They did not [repeal the Tax Cut and Jobs Act].”
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“There was baselines that did not assume the extension of current law tax rates of which the American people would have been very surprised…”
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“We have a pretty small staff. I mean, people don't realize the extent to which, if you look at us compared to, say, gao, we are very, very…”
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“We're in the midst of scaling up to be able to ensure that we have fraud fighters in a way that we previously did not.”
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“I think it will serve the task force that is up and running under the Vice President.”
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“It will inform next year's budget, it will inform any of the reconciliation bills that we do that this year.”
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