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Brian Schatz: “The aid enterprise got so big that the contractors were…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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A Conversation With Senator Brian Schatz

Published | Video Starts at 14:38

And so where is the middle ground between what Democrats would see as prudent and what you consider then to be just these sweeping cuts that make no sense? The aid enterprise got so big that the contractors were bigger than the agency that was overseeing them. I think it is fair to worry about the inability for any individual administrator to even know what all these contracts were. But you don't burn the whole thing down. (14:38–14:45)

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