Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said Friday he believes Republicans can deliver the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to President Donald Trump’s desk by the August recess.

“I think we can do it before the August recess, yes, and maybe even sooner,” Johnson said during an appearance on Fox Business’s Mornings with Maria Bartiromo.

Republicans had sought July 4 as the target deadline to deliver the massive legislation to Trump, but debate in both houses of Congress has stymied that goal.

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“The minute we change something, the House screams, ‘Well, we can’t pass that!'” Johnson said. “So, again, that’s why I always argued for a multiple-step approach, but the president wanted the ‘one big, beautiful bill.’ We’re dealing with that.”

The enormity of the tax cut-and-border bill makes it difficult to pass, and, while Republicans are dedicated to achieving the president’s agenda, the senator said his “higher loyalty” is to America’s children and grandchildren.

“We are mortgaging their future,” he said. “It’s unconscionable. It’s immoral. It has to stop, and we’ve got to work diligently at that.”

Johnson’s comments follow a report he released challenging Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s (R-SD) insistence that the bill, which includes more than $1 trillion in budget offsets, will not increase the national deficit.

Johnson’s 31-page report used numbers and graphs to bolster his warning that he intends to oppose the bill if it does not see further spending reductions.

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“I need everybody to admit the problem,” he said. “We need to properly define it. That’s why I issued that report.”

“I’m just forcing everybody to take a businesslike approach. Let’s actually look at the numbers. People say they want to balance the budget. OK, well, how are you going to do it?”