Statement of Administration Policy: H.R. 1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act

STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY

(House Rules)
(Rep. Arrington, R-TX)

The Administration strongly supports passage of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. This bill implements critical aspects of President Trump's budgetary agenda by delivering bigger paychecks for Americans, driving massive economic growth, unleashing American energy, strengthening border security and national defense, preserving key safety net programs for Americans who need them, while ending waste, fraud, and abuse in Federal spending, and much more.

President Trump is ushering in the Golden Age of America. H.R. 1 will build upon the unprecedented economic progress already made under his leadership. This bill will deliver the largest tax cut in American history for middle-and working-class families and small businesses. Not only will the bill make President Trump's highly successful 2017 tax cuts permanent, but it will advance his key campaign promises—no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, a Made in America Auto tax break, and additional tax cuts for our seniors on Social Security.

With its passage, Americans will keep more of their hard-earned money while taking home much bigger paychecks that will unleash economic growth nationwide. Additionally, H.R. 1 lowers costs by unleashing American energy through incentivizing expedited permitting, opening up federal lands for production, and eliminating wasteful Green New Scam funding.

This bill provides funding to protect American sovereignty and advance President Trump's "Peace Through Strength" agenda. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act delivers the single largest investment in border security in American history, ensuring that President Trump's widely supported and effective border security measures are made permanent. With this investment, we will stop the deadly flow of fentanyl from flooding into our communities, fully fund the border wall and physical infrastructure, provide hiring and retention bonuses for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and Border Patrol agents, detain and deport illegal aliens, and enable the Coast Guard to protect our shores. Additionally, H.R. 1 is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to revolutionize our nation's defense capabilities, providing the first ever $1 trillion defense budget with key investments in the Golden Dome, shipbuilding, and new technologies to modernize our military.

Further, H.R. 1 significantly improves our fiscal trajectory by including $1.6 trillion in mandatory savings—the largest mandatory spending reduction in history—with substantially more savings than the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Acts of 1993 and 1990 on an inflation-adjusted basis. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act achieves these savings by ending waste, fraud, and abuse, and preserving critical programs, like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), for Americans truly in need. By putting into place commonsense work requirements for able-bodied adults, strengthening program integrity rules, and focusing program benefits on U.S. citizens, this bill will protect Medicaid and SNAP for the Americans that depend on them. The bill also achieves significant savings by cutting unnecessary spending, undoing radical policies implemented by the previous Administration, getting illegal immigrants out of the country and off taxpayer funded programs, and much more.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act reflects the shared priorities of both Congress and the Administration. Therefore, the House of Representatives should immediately pass this bill to show the American people that they are serious about "promises made, promises kept." President Trump is committed to keeping his promises, and failure to pass this bill would be the ultimate betrayal.

If H.R. 1 were presented to the President, he would sign it into law.