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Hakeem Jeffries: “The Department of Defense has been given over a trillion…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 02:39

And the president has sent a request for $200 billion in supplemental spending to the Defense Department as well. It's pretty clear Democrats are going to oppose that. Are you concerned that that will undercut the war effort? Listen, The Department of Defense has been given over a trillion dollars within the last year. They have more than enough resources, as far as we can tell, in Order to do what is necessary at the same period of time, Congress has to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars. (02:39–02:46)

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