Budget Dir More Concerned “Confidence In Govt”, Biden Won’t Give Up Salary Because Theater

Biden Budget Director More Concerned About “Confidence In Govt” Than Potential Biden Shutdown

Young says she’s more worried about “confidence in government” than spending when it comes to a potential Biden shutdown

Biden Budget Director Young: Biden Won’t Give Up Salary During Biden Shutdown Because It’s “Theater”

Reporter asked, “House Speaker McCarthy says that he’s not going to take a salary during a shutdown. Does the president plan to pause his salary?”

Biden budget director Shalanda Young: “That’s theater”

Biden Budget Dir Shalanda Young: “There Are Rules For A Reason. You Must Have Money To Buy Things.”

Biden Budget Director Shalanda Young: It’s Either Biden’s Way Or Highway On Budget

Young says it’s either Biden’s way or the highway when it comes to the budget — even as Republicans work to address the urgent border crisis and rein in inflationary spending

Biden Budget Director Shalanda Young Says Biden Bears No Responsibility For Biden Shutdown

Reporter asked, “The federal deficit is at $1.5 TRILLION … [Biden] signed into spending $5.8 TRILLION over the past two years … does the president bear any responsibility for a shutdown?”

Biden budget director Shalanda Young: “Absolutely not”

Biden Budget Dir: Biden Unwilling To Talk About Securing Border Unless Congress Meets His Demands

She says Biden is unwilling to talk about actually securing the border and instead demands Congress acquiesce to his demand of simply spending more money on “migration challenges”

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Budget Dir More Concerned “Confidence In Govt”, Biden Won’t Give Up Salary Because Theater

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Biden Budget Director More Concerned About “Confidence In Govt” Than Potential Biden Shutdown

Young says she’s more worried about “confidence in government” than spending when it comes to a potential Biden shutdown

Biden Budget Director Young: Biden Won’t Give Up Salary During Biden Shutdown Because It’s “Theater”

Reporter asked, “House Speaker McCarthy says that he’s not going to take a salary during a shutdown

• Does the president plan to pause his salary
• ”

Biden budget director Shalanda Young: “That’s theater”

Biden Budget Dir Shalanda Young: “There Are Rules For A Reason

• You Must Have Money To Buy Things

Transcript Highlights

Transcribed from the video audio:

• So the House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says that he’s not going to take a salary during the shutdown
• Does the president plan to pause his salary also
• Look, I’m glad that the speaker has made that statement
• By the way, members of Congress have to get paid constitutionally
• But they have to get paid during a shutdown
• Can you just talk about fundamentally the impact, even if this were to be resolved, of playing this game where it goes the last minute before there’s a short-term spending bill, how that sort of impacts the way our country runs
• Because a lot of Americans see that and they know that that’s not the way it can work in their own homes
• There is always a chance that people can do the right thing and the government remain open or have a quick reopening
• But even getting to this place is already a ton of money lost, right
• The confidence in government is what I worry about