James Lankford: “We actually wasted $85 billion with a B, billion with a B…”

“The biggest waste this past year was the 43 day shutdown that happened. A lot of people look at the government shutdown and say, what difference does that make? We actually wasted $85 billion with a B, billion with a B based on that government shutdown. So it was not only terrible on the world stage and terrible for a lot of families, but it's a huge waste for federal taxpayers and Oklahoma taxpayers on it.” (01:11–01:19)

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