Owens says House Ways and Means passed markup after 17 hours; reconciliation expected with Senate bills

U.S. Rep. Burgess Owens responded to reports that the House Ways and Means Committee completed a 17-hour markup advancing President Trump—————s legislative package and said he expects Congress to reconcile House and Senate versions of the bill.

"Your colleagues in the House Ways and Means Committee, after 17 hours of negotiation, have passed, the markup," a host said. Owens said the legislative process will continue: "They'll send something over. They have a bill very similar to it. Cassidy, Senator Cassidy and Tim Scott has put the other bill."

Owens described the reconciliation process as technically complex and said it was the first time he had been through it. "Reconciliation is a whole it's it's a miracle by itself because we had to have all 3, things to to put together," he said.

Asked how negotiations among Republicans are unfolding, Owens said intra-party differences are expected but that the shared goal is passage. "The goal was just to win, baby," he said, using a sports metaphor to describe efforts to unite members despite differing priorities.

Owens pointed to recent legislative steps he described as successes, referencing "the two budget resolutions, the CR," and said he expects leaders in both chambers to negotiate a final measure. He did not provide specific timetable, vote totals, or text of the legislation.

The interview recounts discussion of a committee action that hosts said had already occurred and the congressman's expectations about how House and Senate measures will be reconciled; it does not report a completed final bill or presidential signature.