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Henry Cuellar: “We have, what is it, a $1.7 trillion discretionary funding.”

Featuring: Henry Cuellar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 28

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Rep. Cuellar Supports South Texas Agriculture During Agriculture Appropriations Markup [2/2]

Published | Video Starts at 01:04

And I think it's important to look at that. And finally, you know, everybody talks about efficiency, everybody talks about accountability, everybody talks about effectiveness of the federal agencies. And especially We have, what is it, a $1.7 trillion discretionary funding. And I think this will get us to that part where we can truly find out which are the efficiencies, the effectiveness and the accountability measures that we need to have in place. (01:04–01:09)

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