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Eli Crane: “Republican leadership... wanted to cut like a mediocre like…”

Featuring: Eli Crane, Republican | U.S. House Arizona, District 2

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Rep. Eli Crane Talks Russia & Ukraine on "The Jeff Oravits Show"

Published | Video Starts at 05:15

But when I looked at what the, what Republican leadership and the Republican conference, you know, when they came back from their retreat in January early this year, I mean they Republican leadership... wanted to cut like a mediocre like $30 billion annually. or something like that. It was, it was a complete joke. So we were able to get bump that up, you know, by fighting for a couple months to bump that up. (05:15–05:27)

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Asserts that Republican leadership initially proposed a $30 billion annual spending cut.

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