inning spending, consequential reforms that will rein in government overreach. there are no new taxes, no new government programs. jason: here is what we mow is in the deal: it suspends the debt ceiling until after 2024 election, no increase in non-defense spending for the next fiscal year, and it caps it at 1% the following fiscal year. it also increases defense spending and money for veterans. we re also learning it claws back some unspent covid-19 pandemic funds and cuts nearly $2 the billion in money used to hire new irs agents. it also reportedly expands work requirements for some adults receiving food stamps but no work requirement changes for medicaid. the house republicans are expected to come back to the washington on tuesday and and vote on the bill on wednesday. we ll take it up with congressman brian mast and congresswoman beth van duyne. meanwhile, china has spent the week courting african countries like the democratic republic of congo for rare either minerals
to hurt national defense in any kind of way. jason: soon we re going to hear from, our next guest will be ambassador robert o brien, the former national security adviser, he s going to give us an update. he s been in asia. tell us from your perspective what we should be concerned about with china, because it seems like on all fronts china is marching ahead, and the u.s., i can ting articulate what we re actually doing to push back on china. well, robert s a hell of a smart guy, he s going to give you a great outlay on that. but expanding their military, having transoceanic carrier groups which have the purpose of taking an entire carrier group and moving it across the ocean, buying up ports in the bahamas or in south and central america, in the caribbean, buying up american farmland, stealing american technology, taking any american tech that has produced in their country and making sure that they steal the plans and the intellectual property for every bit of that. the alliances that
will not hurt national defense in any kind of way. jason: soon we will hear from our next guest, ambassador robert o brien. going to give us an update. he has been in asia. tell us your perspective what we should be concerned about with china. it seems like on all fronts china is marching ahead. the u.s., i cannot articulate what we are actually doing to push back on china. robert is a hell of a smart guy. he will give you a great outlay on that. expanding their military. having carrier groups that have the purpose of taking an entire group and moving it across the ocean. buying up ports in the bahamas or in south and central america, in the caribbean. buying up american farmland. stealing american technology. taking any american tech that is produced in their country and make sure that they steal the plans and intellectual property for every bit of that. the alliances out there making