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Brian Fitzpatrick: “We control the money that comes in and out, both through…”

Featuring: Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican | U.S. House Pennsylvania, 1st Congressional District

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Republican Challenges Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund for Jan. 6 Defendants

Published | Video Starts at 02:56

We got to, we got to step forward and reclaim our authority under Article 1, especially when it comes to appropriations. That's chiefly the responsibility, the constitutional authority of Congress. We control the money that comes in and out, both through taxation and through appropriations. And if the American taxpayer dollar is being used in a way that the American taxpayer does not consent to and does not approve of, and this certainly falls squarely … (02:56–03:02)

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Asserts that Congress controls financial inflows and outflows through taxation and appropriations.

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