Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., defended the new House budget bill against claims that Social Security and Medicaid will be targeted for spending cuts.
“All lies,” he said Thursday on Newsmax’s Newsline.Steube said the House GOP caucus is standing firm with President Donald Trump to keep those programs intact.
“President Trump has said repeatedly that he is not cutting Medicare,” Steube said. “He is not cutting Social Security. He is not cutting Medicaid. It’s not in the bill. It is $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and $2 trillion optimistically in spending cuts.”Steube said passing the budget wasn’t easy and that Trump was needed to step in and help secure some critical Republican votes.
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