Alabama Sen. Tuberville says Trump's 'big beautiful bill' will pass, but needs cuts and reform

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said Tuesday that President Donald Trump's 'big beautiful bill' will only pass the Senate if there are major spending cuts and reform.

"There will be some reform in this," Tuberville said on the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show. "I promise you that whatever the House sent here is not going to pass muster. When it comes to the Senate, there's going to be a lot of things that change, and when it changes, we'll try to change it for the best. Now, at the end of the day, we've got to do it to where we can get it passed back in the House, and that's going to be a big concern."

The House recently passed Trump's "big beautiful bill" and some GOP senators have expressed concern that it will raise the deficit and said they wouldn't vote for it. 

On Tuesday, former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk slammed the bill, calling it an "outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill."

Tuberville said there are thousands of agencies in the government that need to be removed. 

"There's 2,600 agencies up here in the federal government," he said. "It has grown over the years. And, of course, we're worried about a lot of them, but there are a lot of these places that we could just sit down and go line by line, as a lot of senators up here said, and so we could cut more of this. But for some reason, there's been no dialogue with that."

Tuberville said the Senate really has to take a close look at the bill.

"We've got about a month to sit down [and] look at it," he said. "What is best for the American people? How are we going to get this country growing again? How are we going to get more money in the pockets of American citizens and give them an opportunity to live a better life?"