Chip Roy Fires New Warning as Trump's Big Bill Moves Forward: 'Scam'

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Source: Newsweek

Published May 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM EDT | Updated May 19, 2025 at 3:56 AM EDT


Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) warned that President Donald Trump's vast tax and spending bill still "does not yet meet the moment" after it narrowly advanced out of a key committee during a rare Sunday night vote. The House Budget Committee passed the reconciliation bill by 17-16 votes, but four Republican holdouts—including Roy—only voted "present." This allowed the bill to move forward while they demonstrated their opposition to the package in its current form.

Why It Matters

Trump has dubbed the sprawling package his "one big, beautiful bill." It compiles measures that touch on all of his domestic priorities, such as tax cuts and funding for border security, and is the centerpiece of his second-term agenda. But the Republican majority in the House is slight, and representatives have different political calculations to make, leading to divisions on issues like Medicaid spending and deficit-financed tax cuts that make passing the bill a tough task.

What to Know

Roy praised a bill that he said "lays the foundation for much needed tax relief, border security, and important spending reductions and reforms" in a post on X, formerly Twitter, after the vote. He called it "a strong step forward." "But, the bill does not yet meet the moment—leaving almost half of the green new scam subsidies continuing," Roy said in the post, also noting Moody's recent downgrade of the U.S. credit rating.

"More, it fails to end the Medicaid money laundering scam and perverse funding structure that provides seven times more federal dollars for each dollar of state spending for the able-bodied relative to the vulnerable. "This all ultimately increases the likelihood of continuing deficits and non-Obamacare-expansion states like Texas expanding in the future. We can and must do better before we pass the final product."

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