For Immediate Release
May 18, 2025
Contact: Taylor Haulsee
WASHINGTON —This morning, Speaker Johnson joined Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday to discuss getting President Trump’s America First agenda across the finish line in the House this week.
“All 11 of our committees have wrapped up their work, and they spent less and saved more than even we projected initially,” Speaker Johnson said. “This really is a once in a generation opportunity that we have here.”
Watch the full interview here.
On the timeline to pass The One Big Beautiful Bill Act:
We’re on track, working around the clock to deliver this nation-shaping legislation for the American people as soon as possible. All 11 of our committees have wrapped up their work, and they spent less and saved more than even we projected initially. This really is once in a generation opportunity that we have here. You heard there the update; the Budget Committee will reconvene this evening. They’ll get that through the committee, and the plan is to move it to the Rules Committee by midweek and to the House floor by the end of the week, so we meet our initial, our original Memorial Day deadline.
On the “Once in a Generation” opportunity:
It’s very important for everybody to understand why we’re being so aggressive on the timetable and why this really is so important. This is the vehicle through which we will deliver on the mandate that the American people gave us in the last election. You’re going to have historic savings for the American people, historic tax relief for American workers, historic investments in border security. At the same time, we’re restoring American energy dominance and we’re rebuilding the defense industrial base, and we’re ensuring that programs like Medicaid and SNAP are strengthened for the US citizens who need and deserve them and not being squandered away by illegal aliens and persons who are ineligible to receive them and are cheating the system.
And look, the tax cuts are critical. We’re going to make the 2017 tax cuts permanent. We’re going to eliminate taxes on overtime and tips, as the President promised. New tax relief for seniors on Social Security. And we’re going to cut taxes on job creators, so that will help everybody across the country at the same time as incentivizing American made production and manufacturing. This is a big thing. We cannot fail, and we’ll get it done for the American people.
On achieving Republican unity to pass One Big Beautiful Bill Act:
This is the largest spending reduction in at least three decades, probably longer. It’s historic. Russ Vought is the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, of course, in the Trump Administration, and he’s made the point, this is historic, as have nearly 500 organizations across the conservative spectrum, Shannon. Fiscally responsible groups and those who believe that we’ve got to turn the tide in spending, we are, and this is our opportunity to do it. It’s a once in a generation opportunity.
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