Derrick Van Orden: “The federal government's primary responsibility is to…”

“Ma', Am, the life of every single American service member that the Iranian regime killed is priceless. And anytime we can save American lives, I don't care how much money we're spending. The federal government's primary responsibility is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens. We just heard that, didn't we? So I don't care how much money we are spending if we are saving Americans lives.” (02:50–02:55)

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