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Musk told “CBS Sunday Morning” in an episode airing on June 1: “I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decreases it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing.”

“I think a bill can be big or it can be beautiful, but I don’t know if it can be both.”

Trump said that the bill will “need a lot of votes” and that he is “not happy about certain aspects of it, but I’m thrilled by other aspects of it.”

He said that Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune have “done an incredible job.”

In <a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1927749395363045819" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">a post</a> on X, Johnson applauded the “incredible” work DOGE has done to flag waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government, from the insanity of USAID’s spending to finding over 12 million people on Social Security who were over 120 years old.”

Johnson said the House will codify the cuts that have been made based on recommendations by DOGE.

“The House is eager and ready to act on DOGE’s findings so we can deliver even more cuts to big government that President Trump wants and the American people demand,” he said.

Johnson said that the House will codify the DOGE-recommended cuts when the White House sends a package of spending that should be rescinded.

He also said that the “House will use the appropriations process to swiftly implement President Trump’s 2026 budget.”

“In the meantime, we have been working around the clock as we prepared for those processes. The House made sure to build on DOGE’s success within the One Big Beautiful Bill,” he said.

Johnson also said that the reconciliation bill deals with mandatory spending, such as Medicaid, while the cuts DOGE has recommended are to discretionary funds.

The bill, which the House passed on May 22 and is pending before the Senate, consists of making the 2017 tax cuts permanent, instituting no taxes on tips and overtime, and includes provisions related to American energy and immigration—such as curbing illegal entries and finishing Trump’s wall along the southern border.

The Senate is expected to make changes to the bill.

Johnson also shared <a href="https://x.com/StephenM/status/1927572082780520465" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">a post</a> by White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller, who said that, under Senate rules, the reconciliation process cannot be used to cut discretionary spending.

“The Big Beautiful Bill is NOT an annual budget bill and does not fund the departments of government. It does not finance our agencies or federal programs,” Miller posted on X. “Instead, it includes the single largest welfare reform in American history. Along with the largest tax cut and reform in American history. The most aggressive energy exploration in American history. And the strongest border bill in American history. All while reducing the deficit.”
<h2>‘No Time to Waste’ Trump Tells Lawmakers</h2>
The president said the bill includes tax cuts, no tax on tips or overtime, tax deductions on American-made vehicles, strong border security measures, pay raises for ICE and Border Patrol Agents, funding for the U.S. “Golden Dome” missile defense system and “Trump Savings Accounts” for newborn babies, among other things.

Trump added that there was “no time to waste” and urged Senate lawmakers to get to work immediately and send the bill to his desk as soon as possible.

At the same time, the Congressional Budget Office has <a href="https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2025-05/61422-Reconciliation-Distributional-Analysis.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">projected</a> that the tax changes included in the measure will add about $3.8 trillion to the federal government’s $36.2 trillion in debt over the next decade.

A separate <a href="https://www.crfb.org/blogs/adding-house-reconciliation-bill" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">estimate</a> by the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects the measure will add around $3.3 trillion to the federal debt over the next 10 years, although it warned this could rise to more than $5.2 trillion of additional debt if “policymakers ultimately extend temporary provisions.”

On May 24, Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1926289580623380780" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">said</a> he would step back from his role at DOGE to focus on his companies.

“Back to spending 24/7 at work and sleeping in conference/server/factory rooms,” Musk wrote on X.

“I must be super focused on X/xAI and Tesla, as we have critical technologies rolling out.”

<em>From <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-johnson-respond-to-elon-musk-objecting-to-big-beautiful-bill-5864392">The Epoch Times</a></em>

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