Research that resonates.

He's the president of the Government Accountability Institute, Peter Switzer.

Peter Schweitzer. Peter Schweitzer. Peter Schweitzer has spent many years, in fact, probably

done a more comprehensive job than anyone's ever done, chronicling the corruption by the powerful in Washington.

Be very prescient Eric Eggers. Join me right now is Government Accountability Institute Research Director, Eric Eggers. We're going to take information that we've learned, that people like

Peter Schweitzer have uncovered, and we're going to try to go further. Great investigative reporting,

Peter. You're the only one doing it. Thank God.

Eric Eggers from the Government Accountability Institute and co-hosts of that great podcast, The Drilled Down with Peter Schweitzer.

This is The Drill Down with Peter Schweitzer.

Hi, this is Peter Schweitzer and welcome to the drill down. Well, the size and scope of the federal

budget hangs in the balance. And we're going to talk about one of the key players in that drama,

Congressman Chip Roy from Texas. The co-host of this program, of course, is Eric Eggers.

Eric, how are you? I'm okay. I'm excited to talk about things that might be big.

It's debatable about how beautiful they are, but we know that we have some serious problems. And Congressman Roy has been, I think, among the leaders in articulating the severity of those problems. So we're excited to talk to him about what this bill does and does it make it better or worse. Yeah, that's exactly right. Well, Congressman Chip Roy, of course, represents the district in the state of Texas.

He's a member of the House Budget Committee.

Congressman, let's dive in and talk about where we are in the process.

You were somebody who received a lot of attention, and I think for good reasons, in terms of when this budget was being formulated,

you ended up voting for it, knowing that it was going to be

kicked to the Senate. Are you happy with what the senators are doing like Ron Johnson and others

in raising these issues? And where do you think we're going to end up in terms of the final budget?

Well, it's a great question. I mean, look, first of all, I appreciate being on the show.

And it's such an important topic at the moment because we've got to figure out right now whether we're going to be serious at this moment in time to meet the moment.

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