‘Mandatory spending’ will be addressed to tackle nation’s debt: Riley Moore – Washington Examiner


‘Mandatory spending’ will be addressed to tackle nation’s debt: Riley Moore

Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV) assured that Republicans in both the House of Representatives and the Senate will cooperate in moving President Donald Trump’s agenda forward, in which “mandatory spending” will be reigned in.

Senate Republicans met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Friday, ahead of which House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) asked Senate Republicans to “allow the House to do its work” and craft “one big, beautiful bill” to enact Trump’s vision for the nation. Amid this conflict between Republican lawmakers and their different priorities, Moore explained how he and other Republicans met at the White House for “over four hours” last week to map out the next steps lawmakers will take to work with the president.

“I think we can do all of these things that we’re discussing, and that’s the idea here of doing one big, beautiful bill, as the president has called it, and we can reduce mandatory spending while also extending the Trump tax cuts,” Moore said on Fox Business’s Mornings with Maria Bartiromo. “You’re going to see SALT is going to be addressed in a bill like this, and so we can do all of these things.”

Moore’s comment on SALT was in reference to state and local taxes, in which Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) has stated that Trump has agreed with him on needing to lift the current cap of $10,000. 

The West Virginia Congressman also underscored how Republicans need to utilize its “once in a lifetime” moment of a unified government to address mandatory spending, which he claimed is the “biggest driver in the nation’s debt.”

On the topic of tariffs, Moore dismissed concerns that new tariffs on steel and aluminum, which Trump indicated on Sunday he would announce soon, would raise prices on goods that utilize these resources. He explained that Trump has used tariffs to “leverage” the United States to have better trade and aid automobile makers based in the U.S.

Moore, a freshman lawmaker in Congress, introduced the Reciprocal Trade Act last month. The act allows the president to enact tariffs on any country equal to any tariffs a country has placed on the U.S. Moore told the Washington Examiner shortly after his 2024 victory that he intended to take a lead on introducing the Reciprocal Trade Act after he enters office.


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