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Adam Schiff: “The administration is unilaterally refusing to spend money…”

Featuring: Adam Schiff, Democratic | U.S. Senate, California

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Published | Video Starts at 05:40

But when we come to that agreement on a funding bill, we need more than verbal assurances that will be honored. Because what we have been seeing is once the agreement is reached, The administration is unilaterally refusing to spend money that Democrats prioritized in the budget, illegally impounding it or rescinding it. And they're effectively telling us in this moment we're going to continue doing that so you can reach an agreement with us. We don't intend to honor it. (05:40–05:50)

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Asserts that the administration is illegally withholding or rescinding budgeted funds.

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