Derrick Van Orden: “Peppin County, Wisconsin, 7,318 people are there. There's a…”

“And for you to come here and blow off my colleagues, Democrat and Republican by these gobbly gook answers that mean absolutely nothing are silly. Check this out. Peppin County, Wisconsin, 7,318 people are there. There's a veterans population of 549. They're only able to afford one part time veteran service officer because they get $550 from the state of Wisconsin. Okay, that's unacceptable. We take half your budget. There's nine full time GS12s working in Pippin county and to me that is a judicious expenditure of taxpayers dollars.” (03:12–03:28)

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