Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) sent a memo to House Republicans outlining a number of the GOP’s top priorities in the debt ceiling fight, offering messaging tactics he said would help the party maintain a “unified” front as talks continue.

The memo lists seven reforms that House Republicans say must be included in the final debt limit legislation and should not be compromised on just to reach a deal with President Joe Biden. The reforms are already part of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) “Limit, Save, Grow Act,” which narrowly passed the House last month.

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“While House Republicans are fighting for hard-working American families facing a woke, weaponized government at odds with our way of life, President Biden and Democrats have been dragging their feet for weeks to fight for rich liberal elitists who want more spending, more government, more corporate subsidies, and less freedom,” the memo states. “The following reforms were part of the Limit, Save, Grow Act — each are critical and none should be abandoned solely for the quest of a ‘deal.’”

Republicans have said their top priority is to limit discretionary funding, that is, money that must be appropriated each year, to fiscal 2022 spending levels, and to cap future spending increases at 1%. GOP leaders argue those limits would slash $131 billion in discretionary spending over the next year and $3.6 trillion over the next decade.

The White House proposed late last week to freeze next year’s spending at 2023 levels, a suggestion that frustrated Republicans and failed to break the impasse in negotiations.

Republicans also want to rescind funding in Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act set aside for the Internal Revenue Service, arguing the money will be used to hire 87,000 agents to target working- and middle-class taxpayers. Democrats have rejected those accusations, arguing the money would be used to assist the agency in providing better service.

One of the most contentious priorities being pushed by Republicans is a work requirement for “able-bodied Americans that are receiving government assistance.” That provision in McCarthy’s bill would apply to low-income individuals on Medicaid and food stamps — something that has concerned some GOP members who fear blowback on the issue during the 2024 campaign cycle.

Roy outlined a number of other GOP priorities, such as reclaiming unspent COVID-19 funds and overturning Biden’s student loan cancellation plan.

The list in Roy’s memo was previously shared as a collection of talking points for Republicans during a closed-door leadership meeting Tuesday afternoon.

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The messaging comes as the White House remains at an impasse with Republican negotiators on debt ceiling talks, with only eight days until the June 1 deadline when the country could no longer be able to pay all of its bills. Negotiators met for roughly two hours on Tuesday afternoon, but it remains unclear when they plan to reconvene next.

McCarthy and Biden last met on Monday evening, marking their third meeting since restarting negotiations earlier this month. The pair have not spoken since then, McCarthy said on Wednesday, but noted they will “all get together” soon.