Thank you, Mr. President. I've come to the Senate floor to discuss how our government is funded. The Constitution puts Congress in charge of setting up programs and funding them. 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. The list is long. (00:21–00:31)
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Asserts that Medicare and Social Security are automatically funded annually unless changed by Congress.
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