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June 25, 2025, edition of Newsmax's Rob Schmitt Tonight

ROB SCHMITT (HOST): The Big Beautiful Bill, there's a word that potentially by Friday this thing could get through. It has $150 billion for the deportation agenda. I know that's money that you desperately need to get this job done. You got a lot on your shoulders here. Money to finish the wall. More ICE and border agents.

The parliamentarian, though, who's been around since Harry Reid put her in place like 13 years ago, is striking down a lot of parts of this bill that deal with immigration. Some say that she's a partisan actor. The ability to defund sanctuary cities, she's taking that out. Where are you at with that? What's your perspective on that? And are you still going to get enough to do your job as you see it now?

TOM HOMAN (GUEST): Well, she ought to pay attention to current affairs. We got — what Biden did in four years is the biggest national security vulnerability this country ever has. We got over 20 million illegal aliens in this country. We got over 2 million known gotaways that escaped, didn't want to be vetted, didn't want to be fingerprinted, didn't want to give away program, a free flight, free hotel, three meals a day and free medical care. That should scare the hell out of everybody. This should be a nonpartisan issue. We got 20 million illegal aliens. We got 2 million gotaways. We got less than 5,000 deportation officers. There are concentrating on the worst of the worst. Fund us. We need more agents. We need more beds. We need more transportation contracts. We need more targeting. This is a national security issue. Everybody should be on the same side on this.

SCHMITT: I got 10 seconds left. That bill gets through, about how long are we looking at until we have what would be considered a completed wall system for the areas that need it at the southern border? Is there an estimation?

HOMAN: I don't have an estimation. The quicker we get the money, the quicker we can get going. So the more money we get, the more we can do. But I can tell you, the border wall is a big part of this administration's efforts. That would be a priority.

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Republican lawmakers are split over major policy bills influenced by President-Elect Donald Trump's priorities — immigration, taxes, and energy — which new Senate leader John Thune (R-SD) said earlier this week he wants to push through within the first 30 days of Trump's presidency.

The GOP lawmakers are planning to use a reconciliation bill — which allows for bypassing Democratic votes — in order to successfully pass the legislation.

However, Politico reports:

*A number of House Republicans, including committee chairs key to pulling off the plan, are already raising red flags over the strategy, saying they don’t feel the need to stick to that. The disconnect illustrates the challenge that Republican leaders will have next term: They can preach unity, but they have no room for error as they wrangle at-times raucous members with varied priorities.

According to the news outlet, "House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan(R-Ohio) pointed to pushback from Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.), adding that: 'We’ve got members who have some concerns.'"

Thune told Politico, "We have to all be on the same page."

He added, “Sometimes it’s challenging because you’ve got to have a House, Senate and White House all pulled in the same direction."

Far-right Freedom Caucus member Rep. Chip Roy (Texas) said, "I remain of the belief that we ought to deliver very quickly on a reconciliation package that has core tenets of the things we want to accomplish in terms of border and fees and so forth, IRA repeal, then some elements of tax policy. And then maybe do a second version that gets at true long-standing permanent tax reform."

Another far-right House member — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) — "hinted" to Politico "that she believes Republicans should challenge the Senate parliamentarian if she determines that any of the border and immigration policies Republicans try to put into the bill don’t fall within the strict rules of budget reconciliation."

Greene emphasized, "No one elected her, so she should not stop the will of the people."

*Politico's full report is available at this link.