GOP Demands More Cuts

WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) is shaping up to be a signature legislative milestone—but some conservative leaders say it doesn’t go far enough to stop Washington’s reckless spending spree.

Sen. Rick Scott: “We’re Drowning in Debt”

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., a key voice on the Senate Budget Committee, praised the bill’s overall direction but urged fellow lawmakers to push harder for real fiscal reform.

“Every Republican I know wants to get this bill done—but we also need to bring fiscal sanity back to Washington,” Scott said Sunday on The Cats Roundtable with John Catsimatidis on WABC Radio.

While the House version of the OBBB trims future spending by roughly 1.7% over the next decade, Scott warned that’s nowhere near enough to address America’s looming national debt crisis.

“We’re headed toward $37 trillion in debt and spending over a trillion dollars a year on interest alone,” he said. “If we don’t get serious now, we’ll be buried under $60 trillion in debt within a decade—and there won’t be money left for Social Security, Medicare, or veteran benefits.”

Trump’s Bill Renews Tax Cuts, Boosts Border and Defense Funding

The bill includes the renewal of the 2017 Trump tax cuts, along with significant boosts for border security funding and the U.S. military. For many conservatives, that’s a strong start.

But according to Scott, the bill still falls short of reversing the bloated spending levels inherited from the Biden administration.

“The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) isn’t fully empowered yet. We must go line by line through every agency and cut out waste, fraud, and abuse,” Scott said. “Taxpayers deserve accountability.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson: “This Is a Massive Step Forward”

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., defended the bill’s scale, calling it a historic reduction in federal spending.

“No other Congress has passed cuts of this size in one bill—this is over $1.5 trillion in reductions,” Johnson said. “That’s twice the size of the largest cut in American legislative history.”

Johnson admitted the federal debt won’t disappear overnight but said this bill is the course correction America desperately needs.

“We’re steering a massive ship—it doesn’t turn on a dime. But with President Trump’s leadership, we’re making the first real turn toward fiscal sanity in years.”

A Crucial Turning Point for America’s Seniors and Grandkids

For older Americans, many of whom lived through the inflation of the 1970s and know what economic collapse looks like, this debate is more than political—it’s personal.

Runaway spending puts programs like Social Security, Medicare, and veterans’ healthcare at risk, while loading future generations with a mountain of unsustainable debt.

President Trump’s OBBB bill may be a first step, but as Scott and Johnson both acknowledge, conservative lawmakers must keep the pressure on to ensure the government serves the people—not the other way around.