Because as Representatives, Jake and I both are responsible for those taxpayer dollars. So there's, it's like an audit or oversight. Right, but that's what we're doing. But we're responsible. Yes, we are. Congress, Article 1. Nobody gave a mandate to Doge to take a chainsaw indiscriminately to programs and budgets that Congress authorized and Congress appropriated. Speaker Mike Johnson is not a courtier. He's a congressman. He has a responsibility as the leader of a separate and co equal branch of government to, to do his job. (05:43–05:57)
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Asserts that there is no mandate for Doge to make indiscriminate budget cuts to programs authorized by Congress.
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