Stephen Miller: BBB Is The Most Conservative Bill In My Lifetime, I’m Tired Of The Lies Being Perpetrated By Opportunists
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller defended the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in an interview with FOX News host Sean Hannity on Monday.
SEAN HANNITY, FOX NEWS: Joining us now, White House Deputy Chief for Policy, Homeland Security Advisor, Stephen Miller. Um, I know you, I went through all the reasons I support this bill, largest tax cut in history, no tax on tips, uh, over time, secures the border, helps the poor criminals, uh, brings America more closer, or brings America closer to energy dominance, which I think makes us rich. Uh, it builds out the next generation of weaponry, it’s a very dangerous world, a lot of great stuff in there, one of the most conservative bills I’ve ever supported in my life, to be honest. STEPHEN MILLER, WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF: Sean, I’ve spent my entire life in the conservative movement. Since I was a kid in high school, working, dreaming of the day when we could have a piece of legislation like what exists right now, Sean, what President Trump has brought to the precipice of passage, each and every one of the individual titles in this bill would be considered one of the great achievements in the history of the conservative movement. The title, for example, building the missile defense shield for the United States of America, Sean, so we can be safe, our children can be safe from foreign adversaries in this growing era of intercontinental ballistic missiles as a nation’s race for supremacy. The section on this bill, enshrining border and homeland security, this is the most far-reaching border security proposal, homeland security proposal in my lifetime, Sean, not just my lifetime, going back to Eisenhower, going back to since we’ve had conversations about the border, Sean. I take this seriously. I’ve stood by the families whose kids have been murdered by illegal aliens. We made them a promise. Most importantly, the American people voted to fulfill that promise in the last election. This bill fulfills it. It is the largest tax cut and reform in American history. No tax on tips, no tax on social security, no tax on overtime, a hundred percent expensing for new factories. Think about that. Every single business owner with a dream of manufacturing in America can deduct a hundred percent of that cost to make the American dream come true here in the United States. Here’s another one for you, Sean, the largest welfare reform in American history. Work requirements on food stamps, work requirements on Medicaid, the two largest welfare programs that exist, and now we are attaching work requirements to those programs. Orders of magnitude larger than the welfare reform that Republicans enacted into law in the 1990s. I am sick and tired of the lies about this bill that have been perpetrated by opportunists who are trying to make a name for themselves. This is the most conservative bill in my lifetime. Tax cuts, defense, border security, homeland security, welfare reform, and the largest spending cut in one bill that has ever been enacted. So, Sean, let’s work together. Let’s pass this bill. Let’s get it to President Trump’s desk by July 4th.
