Rep. Arrington on Trump's $1.8B fund: An appropriate use of tax dollars as long as guardrails exist

Summary

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Jodey Arrington discusses the budget reconciliation process, defense funding, fraud in welfare programs, and the $1.8B 'anti-weaponization' fund. He supports the fund with proper guardrails and emphasizes the need to cut waste and fraud.

• Arrington discusses the need for a third reconciliation bill to support troops and modernize defense.
• He highlights hundreds of billions in improper payments and fraud in government programs.
• He defends the $1.8B fund for victims of government weaponization as appropriate with oversight.
• Arrington criticizes Democratic efforts to defund ICE and CBP as political pandering.
• He expresses frustration with the slow reconciliation process due to thin Republican margins.
• The conversation covers Texas politics and Senator Cornyn's primary challenge from Ken Paxton.