Rep. Jason Smith: If We Can’t Let Covid-Era Extra Obamacare Subsidies Expire, We’ll Never Cut Anything
Rep. Jason Smith, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, told FNC’s “Sunday Morning Futures, that if Republicans agree to extend Obamacare health insurance subsidies, it is a signal that they can never get the budget under control:
REP. JASON SMITH: If we’re not able to allow a COVID-era program to expire and revert back to the original Obamacare, which the Democrats have championed from day one, to be able to balance our budget, to cut spending will be virtually impossible. We need to cut spending. We need to grow the economy. We need to eliminate unnecessary regulations. And that’s in fact what President Trump’s been doing. Do you know what? Just nine different executive orders that Joe Biden created when he was president cost more than a trillion dollars to all Americans, a trillion dollars. But Donald Trump’s been reversing that. And he’s been pushing for more private sector investment. It’s only going to grow the economy and it’s going to bring affordability down.
