The House Is Eager & Ready to Act

.@ElonMusk and the entire @DOGE team have done INCREDIBLE work exposing waste, fraud, and abuse across the federal government - from the insanity of USAID’s spending to finding over 12 million people on Social Security who were over 120 years old.

The House is eager and ready…

— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) May 28, 2025

… to act on DOGE’s findings so we can deliver even more cuts to big government that President Trump wants and the American people demand.

We will do that in two ways:

1. When the White House sends its rescissions package to the House, we will act quickly by passing legislation to codify the cuts.
2. The House will use the appropriations process to swiftly implement President Trump’s 2026 budget.

In the meantime, we have been working around the clock as we prepared for those processes. The House made sure to build on DOGE’s success within the One Big Beautiful Bill. @StephenM has made an important point about the two efforts: DOGE found savings in discretionary spending (such as funding agencies), while our One Big Beautiful Bill secured over $1.6 trillion in savings in mandatory spending (such as Medicaid). Both are HISTORIC and take HUGE steps toward addressing our debt and deficit.

DOGE cuts are to discretionary spending. (Eg the federal bureaucracy). Under senate budget rules, you cannot cut discretionary spending (only mandatory) in a reconciliation bill.

So DOGE cuts would have to be done through what is known as a rescissions package or an…

— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) May 28, 2025

… appropriations bill.

The Big Beautiful Bill is NOT an annual budget bill and does not fund the departments of government. It does not finance our agencies or federal programs. Instead, it includes the single largest welfare reform in American history. Along with the largest tax cut and reform in American history. The most aggressive energy exploration in American history. And the strongest border bill in American history. All while reducing the deficit.