Who?
Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) — Chair, National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC)
LISTEN: Laslo & Hudson
Ask a Pol asks:
What do you make of Democrats telling me they’re gonna wipe the floor with House Republicans for supporting President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”?
Key Hudson:
“Yeah, they said that last time too,” National Republican Congressional Committee — NRCC — Chair Richard Hudson exclusively tells Ask a Pol.
“77 million Americans elected Donald Trump to enact this specific agenda: Border security, tax cuts, economic agenda, energy policy. This is the whole ballgame.”
ICYMI — the other side of the proverbial divide…
Caught our ear:
“Even the Senate changes to the provider tax, I mean that’s a Ponzi scheme. I mean they found a loophole,” Hudson tells us. “They’re, basically, getting federal dollars that they shouldn’t be getting, and it’s all cost shifting. I mean, our healthcare system’s a mess in this country.”
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC), slightly edited for clarity.
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TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Richard Hudson (7-2-2025)
SCENE: After Rep. Richard Hudson wraps up a conversation with a Wall Street Journal reporter, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo grabs the head of House Republicans’ campaign arm for a quick chat just off the floor of the US House of Representatives.
Matt Laslo: “Hey Mr. Hudson.”
Richard Hudson: “You again.”
ML: “Democrats tell me they’re gonna wipe the floor with you guys based on this bill — what do you…?”
RH: “Yeah, they said that last time too.”
Laslo and Hudson laugh.
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ML: “Right? You’re not worried?”
RH: “77 million Americans elected Donald Trump to enact this specific agenda…”
ML: “Yeah?”
RH: “Border security, tax cuts, economic agenda, energy policy.”
ML: “Ahuh?”
RH: “This is the whole ballgame.”
ML: “But what about social programs? It was kind of a promise not to touch them…?”
RH: “I mean all we’re doing is waste, fraud and abuse. Even the Senate changes to the provider tax, I mean that’s a Ponzi scheme. I mean they found a loophole...”
ML: “Yeah?”
RH: “…and they’re, basically, you know, getting federal dollars that they shouldn’t be getting.”
ML: “Yeah?”
RH: “And it’s all cost shifting. I mean our healthcare system’s a mess in this country.”
ML: “Yeah?”
RH: “But a haircut on the loophole that hospitals are exploiting is not going to be a game-changer.”
ML: “Isn’t this like a backend way to like get at Obamacare finally?”
RH: “Not really. That’s why the conservatives don’t like it.”
ML: “Yeah?”
RH: “Because it really doesn’t… I think there’s — don’t quote me — but I think there’s a Ways and Means provision on the…”
ML: “Yeah?”
RH: “…some kind of increased subsidies for COVID. That’s the only thing that really touches Obamacare.”
ML: “There’s, like, so much in that bill. Is it hard for y’all to digest?”
RH: “Well it’s taking us time.”
ML: “Yeah?”
RH: “But I mean, we’ve had a lot of time on it.”
ML: “Yeah? Are you worried that like in 2010 when [Speaker Emerita Nancy] Pelosi made her party walk the plank on the climate bill that y’all might be walking the plank?”
RH: “The difference is the American people didn’t want the climate bill. I mean, it was unpopular. It wasn’t — this is the agenda that 77 million Americans voted for.”
ML: “Yeah?”
RH: “It’s a big difference.”
ML: “I’ll be watchin.”
RH: “Alright, man.”
ML: “Have a good Fourth if I don’t see ya.”
RH: “Okay.”
Hudson heads towards the floor of the House of Representatives.
Candace Taggart contributed to this post.
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