Rep. Mark Harris Advances the "One Big, Beautiful Bill"

WASHINGTON, DC —On Thursday, Representative Mark Harris (NC-08) voted to advance the 2025 House Budget Reconciliation Package. 

Representative Harris said, “Today, I cast my vote for the America First agenda, empowering President Trump to lead our nation into a new golden age. While it's not perfect, this ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is an important step forward. It funds our border security, bringing in thousands more ICE agents, adding new detention beds, hiring immigration judges to streamline deportations, and completing a strong, secure border wall — fulfilling our promise to keep our communities safe and our country sovereign. It protects President Trump’s historic 2017 tax cuts which sparked strong economic growth by fueling job creation and family incomes, increasing the child tax credit, and implementing new tax policies like ‘No Tax on Tips’ and ‘No Tax on Overtime,’ putting more money back in the pockets of hardworking Americans. This bill also has the heart of America at its core, investing billions into our great agriculture industry to ensure they can keep putting food on our tables. It emphasizes the importance, and dignity, of work by requiring able-bodied Americans to work in order to be eligible for Medicaid and food assistance. And, it also defunds planned parenthood and taxpayer funded transgender surgeries in Medicaid.  

Over the past week, we have made some real improvements to the bill, and I had hoped that we could rally around eliminating even more waste, fraud and abuse to tackle our mounting national debt as it climbs toward $37 trillion. For example, Medicaid remains weighed down by misplaced priorities and state money-laundering scams. We also did not do enough to shut off the government subsidies to green energy companies.   

We owe it to our children and grandchildren to build a fiscally responsible future, and the bill could have gone much farther when it comes to getting our spending under control. On balance, however, this package is a win for the American people. But, it’s also a reminder that Washington still struggles to fully embrace the transformative change we so desperately need. This bill is just the start of our mission to do government differently!”      

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