Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, voted “present” on the Republican budget bill, allowing the budget reconciliation to move out of committee. On Twitter, now known as X, he explained that he wanted more deficit reduction because “we have to do more to deliver for the American people.”

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, listens as the Republican plan to advance President Donald Trump's top domestic priorities on spending reductions and tax breaks is prepared in the House Rules Committee for a floor vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. The deficit hawk has blasted the GOP plan drawing the ire of both Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson.

People rally at Health and Human Services headquarters to protest the polices of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, in Washington.

Don’t envy the person who moves into the White House in 2029, because the current occupant is setting them up for financial failure.

President Donald Trump and his lapdogs in Congress are moving forward with his “Big, Beautiful Bill” that perpetuates decades of irresponsible budgeting. Texans should listen to our very own U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, who correctly diagnoses the coming crisis, even if he prescribes the wrong medicine.

“We are writing checks we cannot cash, and our children are going to pay the price,” Roy said Friday before voting against the bill. “It does not do what we say it does with respect to deficits.”

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After a weekend of negotiation, Roy changed his vote to “present,” allowing the budget reconciliation to move out of committee. On Twitter, now known as X, he........

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