(CNSNews.com) - Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young said Thursday that President Biden has a record of working with Republicans to get legislation passed since he took office.

Biden released his FY2024 budget on Thursday, which Republicans criticized for not making spending cuts and instead raising taxes.

“Just a quick question on what Republicans are saying and how they’re reacting to the proposal.  They seem to suggest that there’s very little common ground. I was hoping to get your thoughts on, you know, the criticism, largely, that’s coming in, saying that the president is really not willing to make any spending cuts, but he is raising taxes and that’s all that they’re trying to do,” a reporter asked during a press gaggle on board Air Force One.

“Well, what do you call ‘spending’? They don’t call tax giveaways and loopholes that corporations and wealthy people have taken advantage of in this country for far too long ‘spending.’ What they call ‘spending’ is food assistance for working families, childcare. I have a 16-month-old. Tell me what childcare costs, and — I don’t know how families are making it,” Young said.

“Don’t focus there. That’s what we’re saying. Close loopholes. Take these subsidies away from Big Oil. Do they really need to get $31 billion from the taxpayers? If we close those loopholes, literally, with Big Oil and Gas — $31 billion. Or do you cut food from families? We think there is a choice. That’s what we call cutting wasteful spending,” she said.

“Director, just to sort of understand that better, in terms of sort of proposals that can find any kind of common ground and realistic GOP support, what do you think those are?” the reporter asked.

“So, remember, this president worked with congressional Republicans the last two years.  I know they don’t trumpet those — Bipartisan Infrastructure Law; bipartisan veterans act — the PACT Act, bipartisan; CHIPS and Science, bipartisan,” Young said.

“He has a record, even when Democrats controlled all of Congress, of working with Republicans. Thirty — over thirty years in the Senate, he has a record. Of course we’re going to work with Republicans; we did in December. We know how to do this. This is not novel,” she said.

“We just did a bipartisan funding bill in December. That’s going to continue. Appropriations bills, which I worked on — I was a staff director of the House Committee for a long time. We worked with Republicans to get government spending done every year. Is it tough? Yes, but we always find common ground,” Young said.