Rep. Don Bacon defended Trump's $4 trillion tax bill, arguing its middle-class benefits while addressing GOP concerns over Medicaid cuts and mounting deficit fears.

But the Congressional Budget Office predicts nearly 12 million Americans could lose access to Medicaid by 2034 under the Senate-passed version of the bill. In a House Rules Committee meeting on Tuesday,

During his meeting with GOP holdouts, Trump had to be informed that his budget bill did indeed kick Americans off Medicaid, according to NOTUS. “But we’re touching Medicaid in this bill,” one member reportedly responded to Trump.