Posted on 06/09/2025 8:58:33 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller addressed claims there’s “pork” in the One Big Beautiful Bill, telling Salem radio host Charlie Kirk such rumors are false.
"There’s no pork in the bill," he said. "The bill has been public for weeks. Every single provision is just one campaign pledge, one promise, one campaign vow after another. The only new spending in the bill is to secure the homeland of the United States and save American sovereignty — fully paid for, by the way, by increased visa fees on foreigners."
He explained further:
The 2017 Trump Tax Cuts were rightly hailed as one of the conservative movement’s great victories. How much greater would we say that victory was if it also included full funding for the border wall? What if it also included full funding for deportation? What if it also defunded transgender surgeries nationwide? What if it also had the first-ever endowment tax on America’s corrupt institutions of higher learning? What if that bill also had No Tax on Tips, No Tax on Overtime, No Tax on Social Security? What if that bill also created the strongest framework for energy deregulation in American history? What if that bill also created the first-ever system for the Department of Defense to be involved in the defense of our southern border? In other words, one policy win after another — plus the tax cuts. Nothing like this has ever been done before in the history of the conservative movement. This bill is electric. […]
A rational person should be able to say, ‘Wow, it is amazing this bill accomplishes the full tax agenda, the full border agenda, the full immigration agenda, the full energy agenda, large portions of the trans and de-woke-ifying agenda, large portions of the higher ed agenda, also cancels the Green New Deal, also cancels the student loan bailout, also has the largest welfare reform in history. You can acknowledge all that — and then if you want to be an even greater fiscal hawk, say, ‘But I’d like to cut more!’ But to pretend this bill includes pork — there’s no pork in the bill. It’s been public for weeks, and the only provisions you will find in the bill are campaign promises. (White House)
"I've heard there's 'pork' in the One Big Beautiful Bill."
You heard wrong — and nobody puts it better than @StephenM, who confronted that lie head-on in an interview with @charliekirk11.
MUST LISTEN: pic.twitter.com/4blaHJfxmc— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 7, 2025
Miller's response was the latest "mythbuster" the White House has shared about the "One Big Beautiful Bill" after previously addressing spending cuts, the hoax that the bill is “bad for our families,” whether the BBB increases spending, and one of Democrats' "most disgusting lies" that people will “literally die’ because of it.
Sigh. It’s going to pass no matter what is in it
Well, if it does, it’s not the end of the world.
We can still have RECISSION BILLS passed later.
The rescission bill in Congress is a legislative proposal to cancel previously approved federal spending before the funds are disbursed.
For example, The latest rescission package, requested by the White House, aims to claw back $9.4 billion in funding, primarily targeting foreign aid and public broadcasting.
For now, we need to make the 2017 Trump tax cut permanent and allow all these other good things in the bill to get through, otherwise, we are facing the largest tax increase in history!
Agree.
The problem is one of magnitude.
Standing at the mic and announcing how various items in the bill are bigger than ever before is useless.
Useless.
You have to do more than bigger than ever before, because $37T in debt is also bigger than ever before. All this “over ten years” stuff is just stupid. Who says you have 10 years before the debt swallows the entire society? That could happen in year 2.
Next thing you know the Fed embarks on QE round whatever, 8, and keeps pieces of printed paper in people’s pockets, all of which is spent on car or house interest payments. Then the Fed announces they are intervening in the bond market and that 9% 10-year interest rate will be forced to 4%. And anyone bringing lawsuit against this because it butchered their investment position will find either the courts that might hear them defunded, or themselves arrested so the lawsuit has to end.
That’s why “bigger than ever before” is meaningless. We are out of time.
The original version of the BBB did not eliminate the Green New Scam. It began phasing out green energy subsidies in 2028, with all subsidies ended by 2031. This cut about half of the total $1.2 trillion in green energy subsidies in the IRA.
The latest version of the BBB takes a more aggressive approach to eliminating the Green New Scam. No more phaseouts. Instead, it eliminates green energy subsidies for any project that doesn’t begin construction within 60 days of when the bill is signed. This new version saves taxpayers over $150 billion MORE than the original.
President Trump is committed to eliminating funding for the globalist climate agenda while unleashing
American energy production. The President’s FY 2026 Budget eliminates funding for the Green New Scam.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Ending-the-Green-New-Scam-Fact-Sheet.pdf
It’s going to pass because of what IS in it - namely President Trump’s campaign tax promises and the border/military spending he promised.
It has some dubious provisions:
Sec. 111003) This section expands the exclusion of interest on floor plan financing from the limit on the tax deduction for business interest expenses to include interest on floor plan financing of any camper or trailer designed to (1) provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or seasonal use; and (2) be towed by, or affixed to, a motor vehicle.
(Sec. 80305) This section provides funding to Interior (1) to establish and maintain a statuary park named the National Garden of American Heroes; and (2) for events, celebrations, and activities related to the 250th anniversary of America’s founding.
(Sec. 80306) This section directs the Forest Service to annually enter into at least one 20-year or longer contract or agreement with private persons or other entities for timber harvesting in each of its regions for FY2025-FY2034.
(Sec. 80307) This section directs the BLM to annually enter into at least one 20-year or longer contract or agreement with private persons or other entities to dispose of vegetative materials on certain federal lands for FY2025-FY2034.
(Sec. 80308) This section requires the Forest Service to direct timber harvests on certain public lands in amounts that (1) equal or exceed the volume that is 25% higher than the average volume sold on such lands between FY2020 through FY2024; and (2) are in accordance with the applicable forest plan.
(Sec. 80309) This section requires the BLM to direct timber harvests on specified public lands in amounts that (1) equal or exceed the volume that is 25% higher than the average volume sold on such lands between FY2020 through FY2024; and (2) are in accordance with the applicable forest plan.
(Sec. 80171) This section directs Interior to hold a specified number of offshore oil and gas lease sales on certain submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), including areas in the Gulf of America and the Cook Inlet Planning Area in Alaska.
(Sec. 80172) This section directs Interior to approve operator requests to commingle production from multiple reservoirs within a single wellbore completed on the OCS of the Gulf of America unless conclusive evidence shows the practice would be unsafe or reduce the recovery of oil.
(Sec. 80173) This section modifies the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to raise the cap on the distribution of OCS revenues from $500 million to $650 million for FY2026-FY2034.
Part 9—Renewable Energy
(Sec. 80181) This section establishes requirements related to renewable energy fees on federal lands, including by providing statutory authority for annual acreage rent for wind and solar rights-of-way.
(Sec. 80182) This section provides a mechanism for states, counties, and the federal government to share revenues from renewable energy projects on public lands.
Part 5—Coal
(Sec. 80141) This section directs Interior to publish an environmental review, hold certain coal lease sales, and issue the leases within 90 days for any pending lease applications as well as within 90 days of submission for new applications.
Interior must also make available for lease known recoverable coal resources of at least 4 million additional acres on certain federal land in western states.
(Sec. 80142) This section nullifies Interior’s Secretarial Order 3338, which placed a hold on most new federal coal leases until the BLM completes a comprehensive review of the federal coal program.
(Sec. 80143) This section temporarily decreases the royalty rate for coal leases on federal lands.
(Sec. 80144) This section authorizes all federal coal reserves leased under Federal Coal Lease MTM 97988 to be mined in accordance with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification.
(Sec. 80103) This section directs Interior to approve applications that allow for the commingling of production from two or more sources (e.g., the area of an oil and gas lease and nonfederal property) before production reaches the point of royalty measurement if a fee of $10,000 is paid and other conditions are met.
It also directs Interior to establish a permit-by-rule process under which leaseholders may obtain approval to drill for oil and gas on federal land if the leaseholder pays a $5,000 fee and complies with other established regulations.
(Sec. 80104) This section prohibits Interior from requiring a permit to drill for an oil and gas lease under the Mineral Leasing Act if the leaseholder pays a fee of $5,000 and criteria related to nonfederal ownership of the land or minerals are met.
(Sec. 80105) This section decreases the minimum royalty rates for onshore and offshore development of oil and gas on federal lands.
Sec. 60006) This section provides funding to FEMA (1) to assist state and local authorities to detect, identify, track, or monitor unmanned aircraft systems; (2) for security, planning, and other costs related to the 2026 FIFA World Cup; (3) for security, planning, and other costs related to the 2028 Olympic Games and 2028 Paralympic Games; and (4) for the Operation Stonegarden grant program.
(Sec. 44301) This section modifies certain provisions under the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program with respect to orphan drugs.
The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program requires the CMS to negotiate the prices of certain prescription drugs under Medicare beginning in 2026. Among other requirements, drugs must have had market approval for at least 7 years (for drug products) or 11 years (for biologics) to qualify for negotiation. The program does not apply to orphan drugs that are approved to treat only one rare disease or condition.
The bill modifies these provisions so as to exclude any period in which a drug was an orphan drug from market approval calculations. It also excludes orphan drugs that are approved to treat more than one rare disease or condition from the program. The changes take effect in 2028.
the section also reauthorizes the Organic Certification Cost Share Program, which provides cost share assistance to producers and handlers of agricultural products who are obtaining or renewing their certification under the National Organic Program.
This section reauthorizes, and extends funding through FY2026, for the multiple crop and pesticide use survey of farmers. The USDA Office of Pest Management Policy conducts this survey to collect data for risk assessment modeling and mitigation for an active ingredient.
(Sec. 10108) This section increases funding for the National Animal Health Laboratory Network. Specific increases in funding are also provided for the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program and the National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures Bank.
This section extends and increases funding for the Sheep Production & Marketing Grant Program through FY2026. This program seeks to strengthen and enhance the production and marketing of sheep and sheep products in the United States.
This section also extends the
Pima Agriculture Cotton Trust Fund through December 31, 2031, which provides assistance to reduce the economic injury to domestic manufacturers resulting from tariffs on cotton fabric that are higher than tariffs on certain apparel articles made of cotton fabric;
Agriculture Wool Apparel Manufacturers Trust Fund through December 31, 2031, which provides assistance to reduce the economic injury to domestic manufacturers resulting from tariffs on wool fabric that are higher than tariffs on certain apparel articles made of wool fabric;
(Sec. 10103) This section directs USDA to conduct a program to encourage the accessibility, development, maintenance, and expansion of commercial export markets for U.S. agricultural commodities. This section also provides $285 million in mandatory funding for the program for FY2027 and each fiscal year thereafter.
(Sec. 10104) This section reauthorizes and provides funding for a number of USDA research initiatives.
For example, this section provides specified funds to the 1890 National Scholars Program for FY2026 for student scholarships. This National Institute of Food and Agriculture program provides grants to 1890 Institutions (i.e., historically Black colleges and universities that belong to the U.S. land-grant university system) for students who intend to pursue a career in the food and agricultural sciences.
This section provides the Specialty Crop Research Initiative with $175 million in mandatory funding for FY2026. Currently, the program is funded at $80 million for each fiscal year.
This section also provides funding for competitive grants to assist in the construction, alteration, acquisition, modernization, renovation, or remodeling of Agricultural Research Facilities.
(Sec. 10105) This section extends and modifies the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program.
Under the existing SRS program, states and counties containing federal land may receive payments from the U.S. Forest Service or the Department of the Interior respectively. This section extends the authority of the Forest Service and Interior to (1) calculate and provide payments to states and counties under the SRS program through FY2026, and (2) initiate projects using funds provided by the program through FY2028. It also extends the deadline to obligate those funds until the end of FY2029.
This section rescinds specified unobligated funds that were provided by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 for (1) competitive grants to nonfederal forest landowners, and (2) state and private forestry conservation programs.
(Sec. 10106) This section reauthorizes, and extends funding for, the biobased markets program (i.e., BioPreferred Program) through FY2031 to promote biobased products through (1) mandatory purchasing requirements for federal agencies and their contractors, and (2) a voluntary labeling initiative for biobased products.
This section reauthorizes, and extends funding for, the bioenergy program for advanced biofuels (i.e., Advanced Biofuel Payment Program) through FY2031. The program provides payments to fuel producers to support and expand production of advanced biofuels (i.e., not derived from corn starch).
(Sec. 10102) This section reauthorizes, and extends funding for, the following programs through FY2031:
the Grassroots Source Water Protection Program,
the Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program,
the Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program,
the Agriculture Conservation Easement Program (ACEP),
the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP),
the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP),
the Rural Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), and
the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program.
Good info. Thanks for posting. :)
I can’t speak for the rest of it but the stuff under “Coal” and “Energy” are legit.
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