We vote on 22% of our entire budget. Our entire expenditure topples over 7 trillion. We only vote on 22% of it. The vast majority of it is mandatory spending. The Comprehensive Congressional Budget Act will force Congress to be able to vote on the entirety of the expenditure every year. Now, it's going to be a tough. It's going to be tough, but I welcome those tough opportunities because if you don't vote on it, you can't reform the program. (27:13–27:20)
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Asserts that the Comprehensive Congressional Budget Act would require Congress to vote on the entire federal expenditure annually.
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