it, the guy who lives on the other end of pennsylvania avenue is never going to sign it into law. why go through the process? well jon, i will tell you, again, there was a message sent on november 2nd, and that is we need to focus on job creation and economic growth and a trillion dollars spending package and 92 percent increase overall we ve seen in nondefense discretionary spending in the last four years is something that troubles the american people and it troubles me greatly in our quest to try to reduce the size and scope and reach of government, so this was a priority issue and we told the american people that we were going to address it if we were able to come to a majority and that s exactly what we re going to do this week and next. jon: congressman david dreier is republican of california. always good to be with you jon. jon: thank you, thank you for coming in. jenna: house republicans, as we were just talking about, one of the priorities is for them getting out a budget
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because there was a lot of criticism of the president s inaugural address, when he was talking about american carnage in this country. it was too dark a tone for the inaugural speech. perhaps the president trying to reset when it comes to the tone of a very big speech to the nation. in the meantime, you re right. the president is sharpening his budget axe, we heard from white house officials earlier today, they re going to be steep cuts to nondefense spending in the president s budget, when he outlines that, in may we ll get a fuller look at the president s budgets in may. earlier today, the president was saying, yes, these cuts are coming. here going to do more with less. we re going to do more with less and make the government lean and accountable to the people. now, the only place in town is not going to be cut is the pentagon. take a look at this. the president is proposing these
president trump s message to washington, get ready for the budget axe. we re going to do more with less. we re going to do more with less and make the government lean and accountable to the people. reporter: in a preview of the trump administration s first budget, white house officials say the president plans to ask for a staggering $54 billion increase in defense spending offset by massive cuts in non-defense programs as well as foreign aid. the budget boost for the pentagon is so big it eclipses what the federal government spends at the state department and epa. we are taking his words and turning them into policies and dollars. reporter: the white house still grappling with questions about the trump campaign s contacts with russia. darrell issa suggested a special prosecutor may be necessary to put the matter to rest. you re right that you cannot have somebody, a friend of mine, jeff sessions, who was on the campaign and who is an