Part 1: The Fiscal Challenge of H.R. 1
The bill authorizes a monumental fiscal expansion. A $4 Trillion increase to the debt limit (Sec. 113001) is coupled with hundreds of billions in new discretionary spending and trillions in unfunded tax cuts, creating a powerful engine for deficit growth.
Projected National Debt Trajectory Under H.R. 1
This chart illustrates the stark difference between the current debt path and the accelerated trajectory projected if H.R. 1's provisions are enacted without amendment.
Unprecedented Spending
H.R. 1 allocates over $200B in new spending outside of the standard, accountable appropriations process.
Unfunded Tax Reductions
Title XI enacts trillions in permanent tax cuts, dwarfing the bill's few spending rescissions, as shown in the 10-year fiscal impact.
Part 2: Proposed Policy Amendments
Amendments pivot from costly approaches to targeted policies that enhance security, invest in technological leadership, and ensure fiscal sustainability.
A Fiscally Sound Immigration Strategy
This amendment proposes a fiscally sound and humane immigration strategy that replaces costly mass detention with a dual approach: targeted enforcement and a structured path to legalization. Enforcement resources will prioritize the identification and deportation of violent criminal non-U.S. citizens, ensuring public safety while reducing unnecessary detention costs. At the same time, immigrants who entered the United States on or before January 1, 2020, and who have not committed serious crimes, will be eligible for an earned pathway to permanent legal status through a combination of background checks, work history verification, and tax compliance. This approach enhances border security, supports the economy, and is projected to generate significant net revenue for the U.S. Treasury.
Strategic Reinvestment: The Department of Technology
To secure America's long-term prosperity, I propose reallocating funds from inefficient spending to establish a new Department of Technology. This is a personal proposal, detailed at department.technology, to create a networked agency operating at the federal, state, county, and local levels. As proposed at department.technology, this initiative creates a networked agency at the federal, state, county, and local levels.
Expand R&D
Directly fund public R&D to reclaim and expand U.S. leadership in critical technologies.
Ensure Global Dominance
Develop a national strategy to out-compete global rivals and ensure our tech ecosystem remains the world's most innovative.
Protect Future Jobs
Invest in workforce development and STEM education to provide and protect resilient American tech jobs.
Budgetary Shift: Reinvestment & Savings
The amendment proposes eliminating a significant portion of H.R. 1’s discretionary spending—estimated to exceed $100 billion—through targeted cuts. These savings would be reinvested in strategic priorities like the Department of Technology, with the remainder returned to the standard appropriations process.
Responsible Debt Limit Framework
Instead of a clean $4T increase, this framework links borrowing to accountability via a bipartisan fiscal commission.
1. Initial Raise & Commission Mandate
A short-term debt limit increase is paired with creating a bipartisan fiscal commission.
2. Commission Proposes Deficit Reduction
The commission drafts a long-term plan to control federal spending and debt.
3. Further Increases Tied to Progress
Future debt limit tranches are released as the commission meets its goals.
Part 3: Safety Net Reforms
The amendments achieve savings while strengthening support for farmers and Medicaid beneficiaries by focusing on program integrity and targeted aid, rather than broad, costly expansions that threaten long-term solvency.
Strengthening Agricultural Support
The amendment replaces a permanent and expensive entitlement expansion with flexible, targeted support for farmers, ensuring aid is available when needed without creating unsustainable long-term obligations.
Preserving Medicaid Through Integrity
The proposal achieves significant savings by enhancing program integrity measures. Crucially, it also removes new administrative hurdles from H.R. 1 that could cause eligible individuals to lose vital health coverage.