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On Tuesday, U.S. Senators joined Fox News' Sean Hannity to discuss President Trump's initial 100 days in office, emphasizing the importance of passing the Senate budget resolution backed by Trump. Senators Markwayne Mullin, Katie Britt, Ted Cruz, Tim Scott, Lindsey Graham, Tom Cotton, John Kennedy, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune shared their insights during a special edition of Hannity's show.

Senator Markwayne Mullin highlighted the necessity of approving the budget resolution to advance to the reconciliation process, stating, "If we don’t get the budget passed, we can’t get to reconciliation, and reconciliation is where all the cuts come in."

Addressing the president's use of tariffs, Mullin stated, "Which goes to the fact that President Trump has the backbone at this point to say, hey, it’s time to right the ship. There has been no president that’s been willing to address this, and we’ve known this has been an issue, Sean, for decades, and it’s only got worse. What President Trump did is he’s finally stepped up and said something that he started talking about back in 1988 on Oprah’s show."

Regarding accusations from Democrats concerning Social Security and tax policies, Mullin commented, "The American people are starting to believe it [Democrats’ lies], because they say it so much. You cannot cut Social Security in reconciliation. At the same time, they’re saying we’re going to cut taxes for billionaires and millionaires and President Trump’s friends, when all we’re doing is extending the current tax code, the current tax policy that we have right now, we’re simply extending it."

Mullin underscored the importance of the House Republicans' vote on the budget resolution: "With the House right now, I think there’s a misunderstanding of what the budget actually does. The budget does nothing to instruct them. It’s just the vehicle for us to move to reconciliation."

Senators collectively urged the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the resolution to enable further steps in the administration's economic agenda.