Spending cuts will have to be passed along with President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" of tax cuts, according to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn).
Tuberville told Fox Business Network's "Kudlow" on Monday that Congress should pass spending cuts.
"But right now, they're negotiating [potential reforms to] Medicare, Medicaid, all the things that everybody are a little bit worried about. But always remember this—there's really, as we've looked at all this, it's all about reform. We have algorithms now that can go into the Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid that can be hooked up to these machines that can make sure that we can cut out all this fraud and all this nonsense with people getting on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, that shouldn't be on it. We're not in the 20th century. This is the 21st century, and all those things will kick in this year," Tuberville said. "We will get it passed. It's going to be tough. We have to get cuts. We can not pass a bill that does not have cuts in it. We've got to cut back somewhere close to the 2019 budget. If we don't do that, I don't know how we can save the country. President Trump is all for that, but he wants to do it in the right spots."
He continued, "Illegals on Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, everything that goes along with people, as you said, are sitting around at home watching 'The View' on television, getting SNAP cards, food stamps, and on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, that's got to be over with. Our country is not going to make it. We can not afford that to happen and President Trump is all about that. That's what the House is pushing very hard. All of the reforms, that you just talked about, have to be in there. We can not afford to take care of the world. Let's take care of the people in this country first and then we might be able to help outside our borders."
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