Rep. Chip Roy Warns Against Senate Budget Blueprint Due to Spending Concerns

Concerns Over Senate Budget Blueprint

• 📌 Congressman Chip Roy expressed his unhappiness with the Senate's budget blueprint, despite meeting with Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
• 🎯 Roy stated that while he agrees with the President on the need for tax reductions and spending restraint, the Senate bill lacks assurances for fiscal responsibility.
• 💡 The House passed a bill that Roy believes could lead to a budget-neutral position, unlike the Senate's proposal.

Fiscal Responsibility and Deficit Concerns

• 💰 Roy emphasized that math is math and warned that without spending restraint, deficits will increase, which he believes is "killing our country."
• 📈 He argued that excessive spending expands government, funds a "weaponized bureaucracy," and undermines markets due to concerns about inflationary spending.
• ⚠️ Roy is seeking written assurances or specific changes to the budget resolution before he can support it.

Upcoming Votes and Election Integrity

• 🗳️ Roy mentioned he was heading to the House floor to vote on an injunctions bill to stop rogue judges and potentially the Save Act to protect American elections.
• ❓ He remains unsure about the exact voting process and timing for the budget, indicating progress is being made but he is not yet convinced.