One, I think I went back in history in time and I was trying to find a situation where emergency aid for an ally or a partner that came about from a crisis was conditioned on cuts to american domestic spending. I could not find [a situation where emergency aid for an ally or a partner that came about from a crisis was conditioned on cuts to American domestic spending]. that. I think this was an unprecedented suggestion by a very new speaker. And of course, their goal, their stated goal was to cut the deficit. (00:34–00:36)
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Asserts that there is no historical precedent for conditioning emergency aid on cuts to domestic spending.
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