Well, President Trump met with Republican members today to help get the budget bill over the finish line.

Congressman Mike Flood of Nebraska supports the bill, and he joins me now.

Congressman, welcome back to the News Hour. Thanks for joining us.

Yes, thank you very much for having me.

So let me just get your quick reaction to Lisa's reporting there.

You see this bill moving across the finish line tonight?

I do. I think the Republican conference has been far united,

far more united this Congress than we're last Congress. We always get through this. We've been

through this. We've seen it before. I was at the White House today with the president. He was

upbeat. He was focused. This is bigger than just reconciliation. This is making good on the promises that President Trump made when he wanted to run for president,

the same platform that many of us ran on across the United States.

This delivers on those promises.

It cuts taxes.

It increases border security, energy independence.

And most notably, it does cut spending in a big way for the

first time in American history. Congressman, can I ask you about the timing, though? Why the rush?

I mean, I know other than the president wanting this July 4th deadline and your conversations

with them today when you're at the White House, was there any talk about delaying it so you have

time to work with your colleagues who have real concerns and work through those?

Why July 4th?

Well, the reality is the House of Representatives, we've been working on this for a year and a half, for 18 months.

When President Trump was sworn in, we had already been out this for the better part of a year.

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