Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) appeared on Fox Business Network's Kudlow to discuss the last steps to move reconciliation to the House Floor for a vote next week – a vote to unleash President Trump’s pro-growth agenda by protecting American workers through no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and tax cut permanency. Leader Scalise explained how this one big, beautiful bill will go to the Budget Committee on Sunday night before heading to the Rules Committee, and then the House Floor. 
  
On economic growth:

“We had a lot of internal debates and fights, whatever you want to call it, over this issue. A lot of issues, we had internal wranglings over to finally come to an agreement, and how economic growth would be calculated was one of them. Where we settled in the House was 2.6% economic growth. Look, I think it's going to be more. Like you, I think it'll be at least 3% because we have a lot of pro-growth tax provisions. Just the idea you're making tax cuts from 2017 permanent, locking those rates in for small businesses, for individuals, looking at the additional things, no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, looking at immediate expensing, bonus depreciation, making that permanent. That's going to juice the economy, Larry. Getting that certainty will, too. But I think it'll be greater than 2.6%, but we agreed to limit it for the budgeting purposes to 2.6% growth.”

On the timeline of reconciliation: 

“So Sunday night, the Budget Committee will go back in. They're going to meet. Look, we're talking to those members who voted no today. We're going to work through it. There were some questions they had for the Trump Administration. We were working on getting them some of those questions answered. Things like, when is implementation of work requirements going to happen? We're speeding that up. Speaker Johnson and I already agreed to do that. They want to know the exact date. We have to work with Dr. Oz because ultimately, Dr. Oz has to implement it. We don't want to jam him and make it too early. But Dr. Oz is going to do it as soon as possible. We're going to speed that date up. 

“We're going to get the bill passed. Then, ultimately, by next week, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, on the House Floor, that bill will pass. One big, beautiful bill will pass the House, and then it goes to the Senate, and they get to start their process. Although we've been keeping Senator Thune, Senator Crapo, all the other members of their leadership informed every step of the way, so they know what's in this bill. Hopefully, they won’t have to start over from scratch.

“[It could pass the Budget Committee by] Sunday night. It goes to Rules [Committee], goes to the floor – Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, somewhere in there. As fast as we can get it done. Let's get it done. Let's grow this economy. President Trump's leading the way.”

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