RSC Chairman Pfluger: Reconciliation is the Vehicle to Deliver on President Trump's Agenda

WASHINGTON, D.C. — With President Trump's agenda unfinished and the midterms on the horizon, Republican Study Committee Chairman August Pfluger joined Hugh Hewitt Wednesday to make the case for a second reconciliation bill that delivers for American families on housing affordability, healthcare affordability, energy affordability, and national security before November.

Chairman Pfluger said the RSC's 190 members have been pushing reconciliation for months and are ready to move with urgency. While the Working Families Tax Cut Act tackled the long game, Pfluger made clear this is a two-minute drill — a narrower, more focused package that must be signed into law no later than June or July to give those policies time to take effect and make a tangible difference for families heading into the fall.

Highlights from the conversation are below:

On Why Reconciliation is Key to Delivering on Republican Promises: "Democrats have obstructed passing anything. If President Trump cured cancer, they would vote against it. We have to codify the rest of President Trump's agenda, and reconciliation is the mechanism by which we can do this."

On the RSC's Priorities for the Bill: "We want to do this. I know the Speaker is in favor of it. Let's put the items on the board that we think we can accomplish — housing affordability, health care affordability, energy affordability — but now we probably also need to include national security and defense items."

On the Timeline: "This is a two-minute drill. We have to get this passed no later than July, and it will have an impact — those policies will come into play, and American families will benefit from all of them."