Pocan dominated Vought during this exchange about the BS Vought is spreading about how the reconciliation won't add to the national debt

The Cost Estimates Improvement Act (H.R. 991) forces CBO to include debt servicing costs in budget scores—finally exposing the hidden liabilities of D.C.’s reckless spending. Vought’s claims about deficit reduction ignore the $34 trillion debt elephant crushing taxpayers. Every “savings” in this reconciliation bill gets erased by interest payments Washington pretends don’t exist. Remember the 2017 tax cuts? CBO initially projected $1.5 trillion deficits—actual debt exploded by $8 trillion. Until bureaucrats account for compounding interest, their “balanced budgets” are pure fiction.

"The Democratic Party's actions had left many U.S. citizens feeling humiliated. Signs of a Trump victory were proclaimed well before Biden withdrew from the race. The voters had had enough." 📝 @KarinaLMariani

Republicans pretended to care about the debt. We see that. But Democrats don't pretend to care unless Republicans are in power. I hate the current state of our government.

Vought’s claim falls apart when Pocan highlights the $200 billion boost to Defense and Homeland Security and a $9 billion “recession package” that guts programs like PBS, all while projecting a $2.4–5 trillion debt spike. Vought’s vague deflections couldn’t counter Pocan’s sharp, fact-based takedown, exposing the fiscal fantasy for what it is—pure BS

Vought is a serious sack of shit. The architect of Project 2025. Perhaps the most evil person in Washington DC.

"Lord please get me out here," mumbled Vought to himself.

Everything Trump touches dies. Vought missed the message.

"dominated" the phrasing you use is funny

Vought has no soul

So the guy is claiming that extending the same tax cuts from 2017 will have a different result that Moody's, the CBO, and several Republicans believe. When did facts stop mattering. Why do people in less wealthy states vote to get fucked over by the Republican party?

It infuriates me that this slime ball is even acknowledged with a hearing.