{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://yoho.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/trump-has-huge-goals-for-first-100-days", "Trump has huge goals for 'first 100 days'", "2016-12-05", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "FL", "Ted Yoho", "Y000065", "yoho.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Republicans in Congress are fired up by the chance to accomplish big things in the early days of the upcoming Trump administration and move away from the crisis budgeting that faces them once again in the lame-duck session.\nRep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., who gained notoriety nearly two years ago by posing an intraparty challenge to then-House Speaker John Boehner, says GOP members are itching to get things done.\n\u201cI can tell you the enthusiasm and the excitement up here of getting things done is higher than I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d said Yoho, who is wrapping up his second two-year term. \u201cThe optimism is tremendous. Even the members that served under (George W.) Bush said they\u2019ve never seen it like this.\u201d\nHe told WND and Radio America\u00a0part of the excitement was the promise from Vice President-Elect Mike Pence that lawmakers would be very busy in the early days of the Trump administration.\n\u201cHe said, \u2018I hope you guys are holding on and you\u2019re ready to work because this guy that is going to be president is unlike anybody you\u2019ve ever worked with before. He\u2019s got unlimited energy. We want to roll back the majority, if not all, of the executive orders. We want to repeal and replace Obamacare, and we want to adapt the tax reforms that the Republicans have teed up and ready to go,'\u201d Yoho said.\n\u201cHe said we\u2019re going to do all that in the first 100 days,\u201d Yoho continued.\nEven thornier issues such as entitlements lie ahead, but Yoho said a united GOP can make progress on those elusive goals as well.\n\u201cThe biggest thing is having a common vision and goal that you\u2019re trying to accomplish,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re at a point in this country where, in five to 10 years, our mandatory spending is going to consume over 80 percent of what we spend as a nation.\n\u201cWe\u2019ll be at a situation like Greece, Spain or Portugal, where the situation dictates what you have to do as far as austerity measures and the reforms you have to make in programs. We have time to be proactive and change that,\u201d said Yoho, who added that\u00a0this GOP Congress will not end up spending more and growing government like it did from 2005\u00a0to 2007, the last time Republicans controlled Congress and the White House.\nLike the reporting you see here? Sign up for free news alerts from WND.com, America\u2019s independent news network.\nWhile admitting some tough decisions will have to made on some aspects of entitlement and spending reform, he said\u00a0some parts of the solution should be easy, starting with mandatory spending that isn\u2019t essential.\n\u201cOne of the things that\u2019s mandatory spending is $88 million to save the wild horses out West. I\u2019m a veterinarian, worked on horses all my life. I\u2019m very cognizant and want to take care of the horses, but it shouldn\u2019t be mandatory spending,\u201d Yoho said.\nHe also sees places to trim entitlement spending.\n\u201cWe\u2019ve got people receiving Social Security benefits that have never paid into it. We\u2019ve got people from other countries getting Social Security Disability Insurance,\u201d Yoho said. \u201cThese things have to be looked at. Then you take the fraud and abuse out of these things. There are billions of dollars that can be saved by doing some very simple things and fixing the low-hanging fruit.\u201d\nEven before Trump takes office, Congress must work with President Obama to pass a short-term government funding bill. Current funding runs out Dec. 9. Yoho expects a continuing resolution to pass that would extend government funding until March. The Trump administration would then be in office to negotiate future spending. However, Yoho points out that the subsequent spending debate would coincide with a high-stakes debate over raising the debt ceiling.\nYoho hopes a Trump administration will bring an end to omnibus budgeting that often ends up with Republicans holding their noses and voting for prominent Obama priorities such as funding Planned Parenthood and sanctuary cities.\nThe current lame-duck session is already a success for Yoho. Earlier in the week, the House passed his WINGMAN legislation, also known as H.R. 5166. The bill gives Congress access to claims filed by veterans with the Department of Veterans Affairs and gives lawmakers and their staffs the ability to explain what else veterans need to fill out or put members in position to pressure the VA for resolution of the claims.\nGet the hottest, most important news stories on the Internet \u2013 delivered FREE to your inbox as soon as they break! 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