The work to draft a reconciliation bill that would cut $1.5 trillion in federal spending begins Monday, Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., announced Sunday.

When asked by “Sunday Morning Futures” about the House’s agenda upon its return to Washington, D.C., on Monday, Donalds replied: “The plan needs to be a that the” House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith, R-Mo., Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., “and several others begin the work of crafting their language for reconciliation instructions in budget reconciliation.

“A big hurdle we have in the House, which we’re going to have in Congress, is that we’re going to have to find a way to cut about $1.5 trillion in spending,” the congressman added.

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