WASHINGTON, D.C. - In case you missed it, House Republican Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik joined Mornings with Maria on Fox Business Network to speak about the Big Beautiful Bill, Harvard's ties to China and Iran, and Joe Biden's health scandal.
View highlights of the interview here:
On the Big, Beautiful Bill:
"We are going to lead to deliver President Trump's one big, beautiful bill on behalf of the American people. So did I step up? You bet I did, Maria, because I know that this was the discipline majority we have to deliver on President Trump's agenda. So we are moving towards a resolution that works for the entire House Republican Conference. And most importantly, this is important for the American people. This is what we ran on, and this is what we're going to deliver.
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What I believe is most important is this is President Trump's agenda. This is our one opportunity to deliver for the American people. We need to see that as the result. So this is about extending tax cuts. It's no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, unleashing American energy independence and securing the border once and for all, which President Trump has done by executive action, but we need to compact that and provide the federal funding to do so. That is what this is about. And these details, while they are important, we need to not let them get in the way from delivering on this for the American people. So these conversations, what should have happened months ago, they are happening now to bring this to a close, and that's why I think President Trump coming to Capitol Hill, he is the most important viewpoint in terms of getting this done, and members are looking forward to hearing from him directly."
On Harvard's ties to the Chinese Communist Party and Iran:
"It is deeply, deeply disturbing, Maria, and this is an area where I have led in terms of oversight and accountability these pirates of higher ed and institutions that have lost their way. We spent a lot of time talking about US taxpayer dollars, but what I'm deeply concerned about is these partnerships. In addition to the abuse of US taxpayer dollars, it's partnerships with our adversaries. By law, these universities have to disclose that to the Department of Education. My concerns are that they have not abided by the law and that they are pursuing partnerships with adversaries, whether it's the Iranian regime or whether it's Communist China. This is not who we are. This is one of the reasons why Secretary McMahon's actions to defund and pull back those federal dollars is so incredibly important. This is a national security risk for our country and for our next generation of students. So we're going to continue to holding these universities feet to the fire to answer these questions and make sure that this foreign influence from adversaries, that this infiltration of our higher education, higher education institutions, does not continue."
On Joe Biden's health scandal:
