know we are going to collect, go through every program and say how do we save money but keep the benefits, how do we say you know, that was nice to have but we can t have that. we all do that in our personal lives. we don t have to do it over ten years, we can figure this out if we would just sit down and prioritize our spending. that s what we have to do. we don t have a revenue problem. the population of the country has gone up since 2019 by less than 2% and biden s budget is up 55%. if we went back to a spending and 2019, we would have a balanced budget. why don t we do that, why don t we even try. john: one last question real quick here. how do you do that when the deadline for x day is looming on monday? well, that s look, this is a decision that was made by biden to run, he didn t want to have negotiation, he made the decision. he caused this problem. i know what i want to do, i want to make sure we solve the problem of inflation across this country, and it s impacting
that raised the debt ceiling, did it in a responsible, sensible way, i think the american public understand that. first of all, let me tell the american public. i am not going to give up. i will stay with it until we can get it done. but let s be honest about this. we have to spend less than we spent last year. it s not my fault that the democrats cannot give upen their spending. democrats spent the most money. they have the most expenses going out. it s not a revenue problem. it s a spending problem. then you had the highest amount of dealt. don t you think that would finally wake them up to be sensible. i don t want to point things out, but here with cnn. i just heard on your news station that 60% of americans believe the debt ceiling should only be raised after you found savings. so to your question, i think
the debt ceiling. we did. we raised it out of the house and they re stuck in the senate and can t get anywhere. why not offer a single policy concession. they want to raise taxes at a time when we have revenue at an all-time high in real terms and percentage terms since world war ii. what we have also is the largest spending in american history and record deficits. so that s not a revenue problem. this is a spending problem. and it seems increasingly unlikely that any deal that can be reached can be drafted into legislative text, passed through the house and senate and signed into law before the potential default date of june 1st given the procedures that they have to go through and it is also just the fact that they ll have to count votes and get there if they re even able to get a deal to begin with and the republican conference as well as the democratic caucus are pushing respective leaders to hold the line and to not give in which is also adding a lot of pressure
coming in. but when the democrats were in power they spent the most money. so we have the most expenses going out. it is not a revenue problem, it is a spending problem. the highest amount of debt. don t you think it would wake them up to the sensible? i just heard on cnn that 60% of americans believe the debt ceiling should only be raised after you found savings. so to your question, your question, i think we re representing the american public and that s what we ll continue to do. i have to open up the house. appreciate spending time with you. we ll continue to keep you updated as we go and i look forward to the days ahead. thank you all very much. harris: all right. so that s the speaker of the house saying i m not going to give up. i will ask my team. pop up the graphic he just talked about. he is right about this. he is with the american people.
first of all, let moe me tell t american public. we re not going to default. we re going to solve this problem. i will stay with it until we can get it done. let s be honest about this. we have to spend less than we spent last year. it s not my fault that the democrats cannot give up on their spending. you would think you have the most revenue in the history of coming in. when the democrats were in power, they spent the most money. we have the most expenses going out. it s not a revenue problem. it s a spending problem. you have the highest amount of debt. don t you think that would finally wake them up to be sensible? i don t want to point things out, but i heard on cnn that 60% of americans believe the debt ceiling should only be raised after you found savings. to your question and your question, i think we are representing the american public. that s what we will continue to do.