It is important to understand for those who criticize certain parts of the “big beautiful bill” that this crisis is not going to be solved with one piece of legislation, but that it is an important start to a process to both begin paying down the national debt and to downsize the scope of the federal government, Rep. Michael Lawler, R-N.Y., told Newsmax on Monday.
Appearing on “National Report,” he explained that over the years “this crisis has grown significantly under [both] Republicans [and] Democrats. We’ve added $30 trillion in debt over two decades. You are not going to solve this crisis in one [bill].”
Lawler emphasized to those especially on the right who believe the legislation does not cut deeply enough, that “this is the beginning of a process to start to reduce the deficit, pay down our debt and rightsize the size and scope of the federal government. You can’t do it all at once. And you do need growth.
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