Charlie Kirk: “I was just texting with the White House staff today. ... I want to get my marching orders, and they were really quick to respond.”
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From the May 16, 2025, edition of The Charlie Kirk Show, streamed on Rumble
CHARLIE KIRK (HOST): But let's talk about the big beautiful bill. So you are in the House right now. You're gonna serve out your entire term while also running for governor.
REP ANDY BIGGS (GUEST): Yeah.
KIRK: This bill failed. Is that a surprise to you?
BIGGS: Yes and no. I mean, I knew the bill might be in trouble, but, that there was enough votes to actually kill it in committee surprised me. They're gonna have to redo it and bring it back up. And they're no doubt working this weekend to to try to get rid of some of the warts. It's a big beautiful bill. There's a lot of beautiful stuff in it, Charlie, but it's got a few warts and unsightly blemishes on the face of that beautiful bill.
KIRK: So yeah. I mean, let's just — again, I support the president completely. I support the White House. I was just texting with the White House staff today. Be like, hey. What's going on? This is kinda disorienting. I want to get my marching orders, and they were really quick to respond.
But this, for my liking and for yours, this does not cut spending enough. Is that fair to say?
BIGGS: Yeah. I think that's fair to say. And then and then most of that spending reductions are, Charlie, are taking place in the last two years of that ten year cycle. And as our experience tells us --
KIRK: They're just not gonna realize them.
BIGGS: Yeah. They're not gonna get those get those cuts.