At a House Republican press briefing on Tuesday, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) spoke about the Democratic Party.
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00:00Leader Steve Scalise. Thank you, Whip. Well, anybody who's been following since the day
00:06President Trump took the oath of office for this second term knows that President Donald Trump has
00:12been working nonstop at a feverish pace to deliver results for the American people. I don't think
00:18we've seen a president in a hundred days get more things accomplished, follow through on more
00:24promises to get this country back on track. And we're only 100 days in. Obviously, the things that
00:31we've been working with this president on are really going to be starting off in a much bigger
00:36way with this one big, beautiful bill. The budget reconciliation process formally starts today
00:42with the reconciliation bill. Seven committees go to work this week. Next week, another four
00:49committees will continue doing that important work. And this has been about a year in the
00:54making. This is not something that happened overnight. All of our committees have been
00:59meeting both individually. We've been meeting with the president for about a year to get to
01:05this moment and start delivering on those things that we all ran on. These are not just campaign
01:11promises that Donald Trump talked about on a campaign trail. This is also something that
01:16House Republicans said we would do. We said we would prevent a massive tax increase on American
01:22families. If Congress takes no action, there would be a four and a half trillion dollar
01:27tax hike on families. And if you listen to Democrats who are all going to vote no on this package,
01:34let's make no mistake about it. They've been clear from the beginning. They just want to obstruct
01:39everything. You saw it at the State of the Union when President Trump said, look, this 13 year old
01:43board beat cancer. And they all just sat there on their hands angry because President Trump was
01:49highlighting somebody else's success. And I think the American people got disgusted when they realized
01:54a whole major party in America is just going to oppose anything President Trump does because they
02:00hate him as an individual, even when it's good for America. And believe me, preventing a tax increase on
02:06over 90% of American families is good for America. But every Democrat will vote no because they want a
02:12tax increase on American families. Every Democrat will vote no on a bill that's going to secure America's
02:19border. You've seen President Trump deliver through executive action on things he can do. And it's resulted
02:26in amazing results over 95% reduction in border crossings illegally deport deport deportation of hardened
02:34criminals. Violent gang members, murderers, rapists, finally sent back to prisons in their country where
02:42they belong, where many of them came from. And what are Democrats doing? Democrats aren't celebrating that.
02:48They're flying to other countries to try to get hardened gang members in prisons released back into the
02:55United States. It's lunacy. But that's where their party is because they are void of any ideas.
03:01They are a leaderless party. The Democrat Party literally has no leader except AOC and Crockett and
03:08Bernie Sanders. And that's what their party's become. They're just opposed to everything.
03:13They don't want to produce more American energy. But the good news is we do. That's also going to be in
03:18this bill that we start debating to allow America to produce more energy so that we and our friends don't
03:24have to be dependent on foreign nations like Russia or Iran for oil and natural gas.
03:31We can do more of it. We can lower costs for families. We can create more jobs at home.
03:37We can ensure that more manufacturing can be done in America. That's all going to be part of this bill.
03:43We're also going to make our military more competitive.
03:45Everybody knows China has been incredibly aggressive at not just their naval fleet, developing
03:52hypersonic weapons. And America had fallen behind under Joe Biden. And Donald Trump said we are going
03:58to address these inadequacies. And if you look at what's in this bill, again, addressing major problems
04:06to make our country competitive again militarily. And every Democrat will vote no on that as well.
04:12And the good news is Republicans said, well, if Democrats are just going to block everything,
04:17if Democrats want a tax hike, if Democrats do not want secure borders, if Democrats
04:22want to make our country more dependent on foreign nations for our energy, that's why they lost the
04:27election. Those days are gone. We can actually fix all of these problems without any Democrat support.
04:33We'd welcome their votes. We'd welcome their input. But they've chosen to just go the other way because
04:39their far left radical base won't let them work with Donald Trump on anything that's good for
04:44America. But that hasn't deterred President Trump. President Trump is resolute in fighting
04:49for those hardworking families who have been struggling. Again, the tax increase when they
04:55talk about millionaires and billionaires, it's over 90% of Americans who would see a tax increase
05:01if no action was taken. That's families making $50,000, $60,000 a year.
05:06That's not the rich. That's the people who are just barely getting by who have been struggling
05:11under the weight of the failures of Joe Biden's economy. The waitress who's maybe working two
05:17jobs barely getting by and President Trump and this Republican Congress are going to deliver on
05:23no tax on tips. So that that single mom who's maybe working two jobs can have a little bit more
05:28money in our pocket and be able to take our kids on a vacation or invest in our kids college.
05:34That's what we're doing this week as we watch the Democrats oppose everything
05:40just because they become a party derelict of any ideas. This is a Congress of leadership and action
05:47working with a president who's probably done more in 100 days than any other president we've ever seen.
05:53And the best is yet to come. And our leader in this fight who's been marshalling us through the whole
05:58way is the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson.