Deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller dismissed concerns of the national deficit and instead promised benefits to reap from President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” on taxes.

The House of Representatives passed the administration’s tax legislation this past week. However, the bill has come under scrutiny for costing some $400 billion in tax cuts. Reps. Warren Davidson (R-OH) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) voted against the bill, both citing their concerns over the nation’s debt deficit. Miller defended the bill while on Fox News’s Life, Liberty, and Levin Saturday.

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“What President Trump is doing — he’s demanding the passage of the biggest and boldest package of tax cuts and reforms in American history. During the first Trump term, when we had the greatest economy in history, revenue went up every single year after the tax cuts, and it will again here too,” Miller said.

Miller was referring to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which legislated that the lowest 20% of U.S. earners would not pay federal income taxes. The next rung of individual earners saw the largest decrease as their previous tax rate of 15% dropped to 12%. Every one of the four next largest tax rates also saw decreases. According to the Tax Foundation’s analysis, the median household income at the time for a married couple with children was about $100,000. The TCJA cut family income taxes from about $7,700 to about $4,700 a year — almost a 40% tax cut for a middle-class family.

“When President Trump unleashes the private sector, the workers, the factories, the plants, the manufacturers to build and grow and hire and invest, we will see a revenue boom, a productivity boom, and a job boom the likes of which this nation has never seen before,” Miller said.

Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought also went on the record to assure that this latest tax legislation “is not going to hurt the deficit.” 

As deputy chief of staff, Miller previously swatted away concerns about a recession when Trump announced his “Liberation Day” tariffs. Most have since been delayed until July 9 to allow for countries to negotiate their own tariffs against American goods, as the U.K. and China have.

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Next, the bill will be voted on by the Senate. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said he is committed to voting against it due to the large amount of spending it calls for.

The Kentucky senator attempted to put forth an amendment that would increase the debt ceiling in the United States every three months to shadow federal spending cuts. However, his amendment did not garner the necessary support.