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Derrick Van Orden: “I, along with the majority of my constituents and so many…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Van Orden Calls Out Witnesses on the FBI's Outrageous Funding Request at T&I Subcommittee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 04:37

And I would do anything for that man. I protected his life specifically. And so I have great reverence for the former institution of the FBI. But I, along with the majority of my constituents and so many American citizens, have lost faith in your institution [the FBI]. And for you two to sit here and ask for billions and billions and billions of dollars without being able to articulate why you need it is just another symptom of a broken institution. (04:37–04:45)

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