Republicans can meet their goal of cutting $880 billion without eliminating any Medicaid benefits, House Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie said Tuesday.

The Kentucky Republican, speaking at an event sponsored by The Washington Post, said his committee can hit the cutback goal by rolling back climate initiatives from the Biden administration while finding savings from Medicaid through targeting its unsustainable growth, Politico reported.

“There’s an opportunity to preserve benefits, to make sure people have the benefits they’ve been promised but also get a handle on the large growth … and not take away any benefits,” Guthrie said. 

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