.OMBPress Director ShalandaYoung46 was grilled by BudgetGOP over Biden's new budget proposal. The senators criticized Biden’s top-line budget number of $6.9 trillion as being unrealistic and putting the country at risk of worsened inflation.
Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee grilled Biden official Shalanda Young on Wednesday, pressing the director of the Office of Management and Budget to clarify the proposals included in Biden’s budget request.
“I believe one thing does not cause inflation, and our base of —” Young answered before being cut off.Scott pressed further, questioning Young on whether she believed Biden’s proposal would balance the budget and eliminate the country’s deficit over the next 10 years. The Florida senator then criticized Biden for proposing a 55% budget increase compared to pre-pandemic levels, calling it a “staggering” number.
“You said the wealthy ‘were going to begin to pay their fair share.’ At what point will you consider the wealthy paying their fair share?” asked Sen. Ron Johnson . “Step away from rhetoric. At what point will you be satisfied that the top 1% are paying their fair share?” “I'm not aware of anyone in this category, but are you aware of any one of the elected officials we have in the federal government or Congress or anywhere else that currently proposed cutting benefits for Social Security of any kind?” Romney asked.“No, no. You've heard of proposals from a current senator, currently, a congressman proposing to cut benefits to Social Security?” he asked.
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