Why at this time, the issue of the letter of 6 US congressmen is very inappropriate and illogical, when US President Joe Biden himself, in a letter to PM Sheikh Hasina, has praised Bangladesh 39;s role in global peacekeeping recently and Bangladeshi peacekeepers have been playing an important role in UN peacekeeping operations for more than three decades and Br
area where there are jobs, we know they work. these requirements have been in place since 1996 when bill clinton signed them into law. here with us is a senior staff editor for the new york times opinion. good to see you. republicans who negotiated this bill say they re pretty happy with the outcome but others in the party not so much. congressman ken buck called it a debt ceiling surrender, while congressman ralph norman said the deal is insanity and congressman bob goode said no one claiming to be a conservative could justify a yes vote. this might be representative of a minority but should mccarthy and others be worried? happy memborial day weekend, fred. thanks for having me. i think this is the first big
the howls we re hearing from some lawmakers, it sounds like we might be. on the right, there s chip roy, congressman from texas. i m going to have some blunt conversations with my colleagues and the leadership team. i don t like the direction they are headed. freedom caucus member bob goode of virginia saying i m concerned about rumors that a deal will raise the limit more than we want. senator mike lee from utah, i will use every procedural tool at my disposal to impede a debt ceiling deal that doesn t contain substantial spending and budgetary reforms. on the left, there s the progressive caucus chair who says i think the backlash were to be significant if we are bullied into a bad deal. cori bush of missouri, it won t be helpful to biden re-election
joining me now is republican congressman, bob goode. got a poker face on, sir. are you going to vote for a bipartisan deal? well, the house has done its job. we spent 90 days negotiating a debt ceiling increase. the president and senate were nowhere to be found. no republicans wanted to increase it. we haven t had since world war ii. $32 trillion of national debt. however, republicans were responsible and reasonable and as you know, we have come together with a to raise the limit for real cuts and reforms. we expect senator mccarthy and republicans to remain united.
you want to get us on a path to a balanced budget, it seems like that would be in conflict. that s historically just inaccurate. every time we cut taxes no, it s not historically inaccurate. democrats predistricted in 2017 when we had those, we would have a reduction in revenue. and the democrats lie and say the deficit and the national debt has grown because of the tax cuts. when you grow the pie, you only have to take a smaller percentage of it to fund the government. that is in large part because the trump economic policies including the tax cuts. it s not the democrats. it s the cbo that says this. not naming democrats. i m giving you the congressional budget office. congressman, thank you so much for joining us. we do appreciate your time. great to be with you. thank you. coming up, a teen arrested for crashing a u-haul into a set