Rep. Jason Smith slams Biden's spending priorities: 'Absolutely unacceptable'
Biden, bipartisan senators reach deal on $953B infrastructure compromise
Biden's priorities are wrong for America: Jason Smith
Congressman Jason Smith argues that President Biden's economic priorities are a 'joke.'
President Biden and a bipartisan group of senators reached a $953 billion deal on infrastructure Thursday. Shortly after, Biden changed his tone, saying he wouldn't sign the bipartisan deal unless Congress also passed a second bill full of progressive spending. Rep. Jason Smith argued, in an interview on FOX Business' "Mornings with Maria," that the president's priorities are "absolutely unacceptable."
WHAT'S IN THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL REACHED BY BIDEN, SENATORS?
REP. JASON SMITH: His priorities are clearly wrong for America. His priorities increased $55 trillion in taxes on the working class and low income. He wants to hire 87,000 IRS agents, like what you mentioned. Yesterday, we had a hearing on the Budget Committee about the defense budget. The defense budget over 10 years will be the lowest it has been in 80 years by a percentage of the economy since the 1940s. That's absolutely unacceptable.
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When we're looking at the threat of China – when we're looking at that threat and we are not investing in our military – it's absolutely unacceptable. He has an across-the-board average increase of 16 percent over anything nondefense or security-related. Like you said, homeland, we have this surging border crisis, and he couldn't find one additional dollar for the border and border security? It's a joke.
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