Senior House Republican Eviscerates Dems For 'fear Campaign' Against Trump's 'big, Beautiful Bill'

EXCLUSIVE: The president of nan House Energy and Commerce Committee is accusing Democrats of lying astir President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill."

Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., told Fox News Digital connected Monday he believed Democrats had been waging a "fear run to scare Americans" ever since Republicans began discussions astir nan fund reconciliation process.

"Now, Democrats are pedaling incorrect reports that see policies that aren’t moreover successful nan bill," Guthrie said. 

"This measure refocuses Medicaid connected mothers, children, group pinch disabilities, and nan aged – not forbidden immigrants and tin adults who take not to work."

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House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie has accused Democrats of fearmongering connected Medicaid. (Getty Images)

The Kentucky Republican was specifically referring to his panel's information of Trump's bill, nan matter of which was released precocious connected Sunday night.

The Energy and Commerce Committee, which has wide jurisdiction, including complete national wellness programs, telecommunications and energy, was tasked pinch uncovering astatine slightest $880 cardinal successful spending cuts to salary for different priorities successful nan bill.

It's nan largest stock of immoderate of nan 11 committees progressive successful nan reconciliation process – immoderate of which person been fixed further backing to enact Trump's priorities connected taxation cuts, defense, migration and nan border.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), however, said connected Monday nan authorities would apt execute moreover much savings than its $880 cardinal benchmark.

Guthrie himself told Republicans connected a lawmaker-only telephone connected Sunday nighttime that nan committee recovered "north of $900 billion" successful savings, a root told Fox News Digital.

Democrats instantly seized connected nan authorities arsenic what they saw arsenic a smoking weapon of Republican plans to trim Medicaid.

But nan specifications released connected Sunday nighttime look to show House GOP leaders veered distant from nan overmuch much terrible cuts to nan low-income healthcare programme that immoderate blimpish lawmakers were pushing.

Ranking personnel Rep. Frank Pallone accused Republicans of trying to gut Medicaid. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The authorities would put a caller 80-hour-per-month activity request connected definite able-bodied adults receiving Medicaid, aged 19 done 64.

It would besides put guardrails connected states spending costs connected their expanded Medicaid populations. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) allowed states to grow Medicaid sum to adults who dress up to 138% of nan poorness level.

More specifically, states that supply Medicaid sum to forbidden immigrants could spot their national Medicaid reimbursement dollars diminished, putting much of that costs connected nan authorities itself.

The measure would besides require states pinch expanded Medicaid populations to execute eligibility checks each six months to guarantee nan strategy is not being abused.

State Medicaid plans would beryllium affected by a moratorium connected immoderate caller authorities supplier taxes, while freezing existent rates wherever they are. State supplier taxes are state-imposed fees connected healthcare providers that thief those states get much national backing for Medicaid.

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New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone, nan apical Democrat connected nan committee, released a CBO projection requested by his ain statement that said astatine slightest 13.7 cardinal group would suffer wellness security based connected a draught of Republicans' Medicaid proposals.

"Let’s beryllium clear, Republican activity released this bill under cover of nighttime because they don’t want group to cognize their existent intentions," Pallone said.

"This is not trimming fat from astir nan edges, it’s cutting to nan bone. The overwhelming mostly of nan savings successful this measure will travel from taking healthcare distant from millions of Americans. Nowhere successful nan measure are they cutting ‘waste, fraud, and abuse’ – they’re cutting people’s healthcare and utilizing that money to springiness taxation breaks to billionaires."

Guthrie dismissed nan calculations successful nan Democrats' property release.

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"It is reckless that my colleagues connected nan different broadside of nan aisle claimed an artificially precocious number successful alleged sum nonaccomplishment conscionable truthful they tin fearmonger and people governmental points," he told Fox News Digital.

"This reconciliation is simply a triumph for Americans successful each portion of nan country, and it’s a shame Democrats are intentionally reflexively opposing commonsense policies to fortify nan program."

Republicans are expected to beforehand nan Energy and Commerce information of nan measure connected Tuesday afternoon. If it passes done committee, it will beryllium added to nan last bill, which Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., hopes to pass nan House by Memorial Day.