Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said during an appearance on his show that President-elect Donald Trump's pick of Russ Vought to head the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is a “very important” appointment. Breitbart News Daily.
Mr. Vought, Mr. Trump hyped He has a confirmation hearing Wednesday as the man who knows how to “dismantle the deep state and end weaponized government.” Johnson said he would attend Vought's hearing, calling it an important appointment.
“He's actually going to have two confirmation hearings because there are two committee jurisdictions. So he'll be in front of that — I'm on both committees. '' he said, explaining what he wanted from Vought and pointing to a column he contributed. wall street journaladvocates for the U.S. to return to “pre-pandemic levels of spending.”
“This is absurd. People voted for Donald Trump. They didn't expect him to maintain Biden levels of spending post-pandemic, but this is grotesque. From $4.4 trillion a year in the last five years to That average increased to $6.5 trillion,” the senator said.
“It's interesting. If you use Donald Trump's final budget and look at his 2025 numbers and what he substitutes for today's Social Security spending, Medicare spending and interest, it's about $7 trillion versus this year. So we're going to spend only $6 trillion. So I'd like to ask Mr. Russ, what that means. , you agree that that's the appropriate baseline in terms of resetting spending levels and creating a new baseline for the next 10 years. And I think he would agree with that. I'm guessing,” he continued, describing this as “a really important nomination.”
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“I was very happy when President Trump nominated me,” he said, adding that people don't know that the Office of Management and Budget is an agency that “thinks about how to implement the president's executive orders.” He explained.
“Help write. It's the right place and first of all we need someone who agrees with the president to reduce the size, scope and cost of government and control this beast.”Russ Vought “His attitude is great and I couldn't be more excited about his nomination and confirmation,” Johnson added.
Mr. Vought's hearing begins Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET.
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