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OMB Director Russell Vought Warns: If The Big Beautiful Bill Doesn’t Pass ‘I Think We’ll Have A Recession’
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6/24/2025
During a House Appropriations Committee hearing earlier this month, Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR) questioned OMB Director Russell Vought about the Big Beautiful Bill.
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Now recognizes Mr. Womack for his lightning round question.
00:03
Director Vogt, you got a tough job.
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You got a tough job.
00:06
You inherited an absolute mess, a mess that's been created over decades,
00:12
not just one administration, but many.
00:16
It's because Congress can't say no.
00:20
But we've seen the big, beautiful bill slammed in here in this hearing today.
00:24
I want to give you a second to tell us what's going to happen if H.R. 1 fails,
00:32
if whatever comes back from the Senate fails to get to the desk of the president
00:36
and signed into law, what happens at the end of this year?
00:39
I think we'll have a recession.
00:40
I think we will be – economic storm clouds will be very dark.
00:44
I think we'll have a 60 percent tax increase on the American people.
00:47
And just to – if I could answer Congressman Hoyer's question or statement,
00:52
the notion that this bill – I mean, we've been actually criticized unfairly
00:57
for – on the reconciliation bill for the fact that it is all mandatory savers.
01:04
I mean, you said, look, we need to address the mandatory side of the House.
01:07
There's $1.7 trillion in mandatory savers on the reconciliation bill.
01:12
Do we need to do things on the appropriation side, the discretionary side?
01:15
Yes, that's what we're here to talk about with rescissions
01:17
and the bill that we've – the budget that we've sent up to you.
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But we have to get back to what we did in 1997,
01:26
where we had, for the first time, substantial mandatory reforms
01:30
around not just cutting people and just getting people off programs,
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but reforms, a work requirement.
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We're using the same model that Bill Clinton signed into law,
01:40
and we think it will have incredible impact on not just these programs,
01:45
but giving people dignity of work.
01:48
And we're not going to be ashamed by that,
01:50
but we do need to explain ourselves to those that are being impacted
01:54
by the watchdogs in this town that honestly don't have an incentive
01:59
to get a bill done.
02:00
They have chosen how they want to frame bills,
02:03
and I think they're inaccurate.
02:04
I appreciate your response.
02:06
Thank you so much.
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