When asked if he could reassure appropriators that he would abide by bipartisan spending agreements, he simply said he would not. I really do worry that we are witnessing and participating in the demise of the appropriations process. We are still in possession of the power of the purse as a matter of constitutional law. but if we don't exercise it, then we don't have it. And I hope we adopt this amendment. But we don't have to act like this is some super complicated puzzle that we can't decipher. (00:53–00:59)
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