Elizabeth Warren: “Congress has to pass a new funding law every single year…”

“And there are some programs, for example, Medicare and Social Security, that are funded at a certain level every year unless Congress passes a law to change it. But for pretty much everything else, Congress has to pass a new funding law every single year [for pretty much everything else]. The list is long. It's medical research and fighter planes and weather satellites and salaries for park rangers and food inspection programs so that the lettuce you eat doesn't make you sick.” (00:30–00:37)

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