GOP Sen Scott: 'I'd vote no' on the current House GOP budget bill if no changes are made

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said that he will "vote no" on the House GOP's budget bill as it is written, if there are no changes.

Scott stated his position Tuesday on The Charlie Kirk Show in which he also said several other Republican senators also have concerns about the "Big, Beautiful Bill" because it doesn't cut government spending.

"Ron Johnson, Rand Paul, Mike Lee, all of us – we want a bill to pass," Scott said. 

He said they want a "good" bill that includes secures the U.S. border, fulfilling President Trump's agenda and building up the country's military.

"But guess what?," he said. "The House bill cuts the spending by less than 2% over the next 10 years. It doesn't balance the budget. It isn't even close to balancing the budget. So there's a whole bunch of us. We are going to fight like hell to balance this budget."

Kirk asked Scott whether he would vote no on the bill as it stands, without any changes.

“Oh, absolutely, I’d vote no," Scott responded. "If they brought it to the floor right now, there’s not a chance it will get the 51 votes it needs. We all know we have to balance the budget. We know it’s getting harder to sell our Treasuries. We know interest rates are going up. We want to get interest rates down, get inflation under control. That means balance the budget.”