What the Hell Is Wrong with Congress Right Now | Rep. Steve Womack

Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw

Dan Crenshaw

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🗓️ 28 September 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Congressman Steve Womack, former Chairman of the House Budget Committee, joined Rep. Crenshaw to explain in layman’s terms what is going on in Congress right now with the budget negotiations. They cover the tactical and strategic errors that got us into this mess and why the few GOP holdouts are pushing demands that will almost inevitably lead to more liberal spending bills. Rep. Womack also lays out the constitutional reforms he would like to see implemented to fix the budget process. And they cover the #1 problem that will drive America off a fiscal cliff: entitlement spending.

Congressman Womack represents the 3rd District of Arkansas. He serves on the House Committee on Appropriations and serves as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government. Follow him on X at @rep_stevewomack.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.0	That all men are created.
0:04.0	As a member of Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.0	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:09.0	This is the podcast for insights into the issues.
0:11.0	China, bioterrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.
0:16.0	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:18.0	We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.
0:24.0	We drew my best to summarize the debate over the budget,
0:28.0	the debate of appropriations and funding our government and why we're in the place that we're in.
0:32.0	I think I'm going to fail to do it perfectly, but I'm going to give it a shot anyway.
0:36.0	Every year we have to pass an appropriations bill or set of appropriations bills.
0:42.0	That's a little bit different than a budget, which we'll get into.
0:46.0	We don't pass a budget, and if we do it doesn't have a ton of authority,
0:49.0	appropriations is really where the authority is at.
0:51.0	That always becomes a fight every single year.
0:54.0	When we talk about government shutdowns, it's because of that.
0:59.0	That's different than the debt ceiling.
1:02.0	That negotiation happened earlier this year.
1:04.0	These are two different conversations.
1:06.0	It's also worth noting that when we talk about appropriations bills,
1:09.0	we're talking about about about 25-30% of total spending.
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