We're going to use our Article 1 authority to make sure that we are providing a check that the American people want us to do on things like this. You know, these are taxpayer dollars. We have half of Americans living paycheck to paycheck. Every dime we spend out of the federal treasury ought to be very mindful with those people in mind. Right. And we have to have priorities, budgets are set of priorities of what's important. (06:00–06:04)
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