{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://davidson.house.gov/2026/7/davidson-introduces-amendments-to-offset-reconciliation-spending-by-cutting-waste-fraud-and-abuse", "Davidson Introduces Amendments to Offset Reconciliation Spending by Cutting Waste, Fraud, and Abuse", "2026-07-20", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "House", "OH", "Warren Davidson", "D000626", "davidson.house.gov", "davidson", "https://davidson.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, July 20, 2026, U.S. Representative Warren Davidson (R-OH) submitted four amendments to the fiscal year 2027 budget resolution that would require Congress to cut waste, fraud, and abuse and achieve substantial deficit reduction as part of a proposed third reconciliation package.\n\nThis week, the House is considering H. Con. Res. 113, which would establish the budget framework and reconciliation instructions for legislation addressing national defense, farm assistance, and election integrity. As currently written, the resolution would permit adding up to $95 billion to the deficit without requiring corresponding spending reductions.\n\n\u201cWashington\u2019s deficit spending is out of control,\u201d said Davidson. \u201cEvery dollar Congress borrows fuels inflation, erodes Americans\u2019 purchasing power, and saddles future generations with more debt. The federal government wastes hundreds of billions of dollars every year through fraud, improper payments, duplication, and failed programs. Finding $95 billion in savings is easy. My amendments would require Congress to pay for this spending package by eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse already identified by DOGE, the Republican Study Committee, and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Congress should cut waste before asking taxpayers - or our children - to foot the bill.\u201d\n\nDavidson introduced four alternatives that would require increasingly significant deficit reduction over fiscal years 2027 through 2036:\n\nThe first amendment would require at least $950 billion in deficit reduction by directing the House Committee on Ways and Means to reduce the deficit by at least $750 billion and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce to reduce the deficit by at least $200 billion.\n\nThe second amendment would require at least $1.25 trillion in deficit reduction by directing the Committee on Ways and Means to reduce the deficit by at least $1 trillion and the Committee on Energy and Commerce to reduce the deficit by at least $250 billion.\n\nThe third amendment would require at least $2.6 trillion in deficit reduction by directing the Committee on Agriculture to reduce the deficit by at least $100 billion, the Committee on Ways and Means to reduce the deficit by at least $2 trillion, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce to reduce the deficit by at least $500 billion.\n\nThe fourth amendment would require at least $3.95 trillion in deficit reduction by directing the Committee on Agriculture to reduce the deficit by at least $200 billion, the Committee on Energy and Commerce to reduce the deficit by at least $750 billion, and the Committee on Ways and Means to reduce the deficit by at least $3 trillion. The amendment would also dedicate all savings achieved under those reconciliation instructions to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund to help protect Social Security's long-term solvency.\n\nDavidson has identified potential reconciliation offsets within the jurisdiction of these committees, including:\n\nCombating Medicaid and Affordable Care Act fraud and improper payments.\n\nPhasing out Medicaid provider taxes that allow states to shift a greater share of their costs to federal taxpayers.\n\nStrengthening income, identity, citizenship, employer-coverage, and household-eligibility verification for ACA subsidies.\n\nIncreasing state SNAP cost-sharing and strengthening work requirements.\n\nLimiting broad-based categorical eligibility for SNAP.\n\nExpanding healthcare price transparency and program-integrity enforcement.\n\nRestoring spending reductions and reforms removed from previous reconciliation legislation.\n\nView Rep. Davidson\u2019s full list of potential offsets HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-21T07:32:02Z", "2026-07-21T07:33:33Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://davidson.house.gov/2026/7/davidson-introduces-amendments-to-offset-reconciliation-spending-by-cutting-waste-fraud-and-abuse"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7325072549283504, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}