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This is the last big push for the president and his party to actually deliver this year. if they fail, it could spell absolute political disaster. one of the people. president is counting on to pass this legislation, republican matt gaetz. congressman, you were a no on the budget resolution, which was really interesting to me because i think it was a day or two after my show, you said it was basically liberal and that it didn't cut spending enough. so here's my question to you. last time you were on, you said the reason this is going to be deficit neutral is because we've got all these cults o...

Bunch of facts, run for the hills. no question, the vast majority of benefits from these cuts go to those at the top of the scale. he wasn't able to deal with your estate tax question, wasn't able to deal withant fact you eliminate state and local deductions, some pay higher taxes. didn't bring up the fact the way they expand the child tax credit is fought going to reach low-income people. so while you can find some middle income households who will get a break, you'll find many whose taxless go up -- >> look at it overall. majority of middle class taxpayers. the majority of which are they goi...

Tax reform proposal, and i think this will happen based on what we are talking about, to encourage people to make investments, create more economic activity, which in turn, will create more revenue. our code is so hopelessly broken right now, dana, it is easy to improve the code in an economic way that will generate revenue over time. >> dana: you have been concerned with government spending, balancing the budget. you think the tax code will let the deficit go way out of whack? >> no, i am not really. a very conservative bill and yes, it has tax cuts, but the economic benefit will be, in my vi...

Beginning of the tax process. so pass the budget in the next couple weeks, move to tax reform because of the budget and other topics will continue at the same time separately. maria: so what is your feeling terms of deficit neutral, revenue neutral when you look at tax reform for the overall budget. when does the deficit and debt of $20 trillion become sort of a near-term crisis situation. >> the deficit is driving why we are doing what we are doing right now. a lot of us, myself included have come to the conclusion we are never going to solve our debt problem just on the spending side. we sim...

Spending side we have not dealt with at all. >> ten seconds left. you wanted to send a message to the people of puerto rico about what you're doing to help. >> god bless. we had a vote yesterday and we'll have a vote today to speed relief. we're all with you. you're in our prayers. we'll send you not only the money but hopefully the equipment and assets to get things done. we'll repair the rest of the country that was devastated in these hurricanes as well. hearts go out to you. >> congressman, always a pleasure to have you on. >> thanks, guys. straight ahead, president trump calls his tax c...