the economy needs to be fixed. i have two questions. in the interim, that time between donald trump was elected and sworn in as president, the republican congress raised the debt over $9.7 trillion. that scares me as a conservative that wants to live within our means, balanced budgets. you have any concerns about any of those two things? why did that happen? i have a real concern about that. the same time we had barack obama as president, republicans in the house were laying out a budget that actually balanced and paid off the debt. something the democrats did not in the process of where you go, you re going to see that we are not going to be able to do that. we actually paid the debt off. what you are able to do when you raise the debt ceiling, that s paying for stuff that has already been spent. when you re looking at the new
explore your treatment options with specialists who treat only cancer. every stage. every day.. at cancer treatment centers of america. learn more at cancercenter.com/experts how important is a balanced budget to you? were you surprised republicans before you got here raised the debt ceiling $9.7 trillion? a balanced budget is fine but sometimes you have to fuel the well in der to really get the economy going. and we have to take care of our military. our military is more important to me than a balanced budget because we ll get there with a balanced budget. look, our country is in bad
a bit. you re not talking about a 10% reduction in spending. in other words, eliminating well, you surprised republicans before you got here, $9.7 trillion debt ceiling? president trump: sometimes you have to fuel the well in order to get the economy going. we have to take care of our military. our military is more important than a balanced budget. we have a military that is really depleted. i am negotiating the price of airplanes. can you believe that? i understand airplanes.ng i cut off hundreds of millions of dollars off one particular plane. hundreds of millions of dollars in a short period of time. it wasn t like i spent weeks, hours, really less than ours.
discretionary spending. and then go drill down on some of the entitlement and begin to pull it out. sean, i ll tell you what, when you look at the operational costs of all of these agencies, i don t care what the agency is. there is a lot of waste that is in there. a lot of fraud, a lot of abuse. and what we need is one person who it is their job to go dig down on that and work with us in congress to root it out. this is our shot. of really getting it done. this is our shot. sean: congressman perry, if you look at the interim period between his victory and inauguration on friday, there was a $9.7 trillion debt increased by the republican party? while back. that is as much debt as obama
and then go drill down on some of the entitlement and begin to pull it out. sean, i ll tell you what, when you look at the operational costs of all of these agencies, i don t care what the agency is. there is a lot of waste that is in there. a lot of fraud, a lot of abuse. and what we need is one person who it is their job to go dig down on that and work with us in congress to root it out. this is our shot. of really getting it done. this is our shot. sean: congressman perry, if you look at the interim period between his victory and inauguration on friday, there was a $9.7 trillion debt increased by the republican party? wow. that is as much debt as obama