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Jim McGovern: “Can you confirm that the plain text of the budget resolution…”

Featuring: Jim McGovern, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 2nd Congressional District

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Jim McGovern Destroys Republicans Over Trump's Debt Explosion In A Fiery Speech | US Senate

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The ICE and CBP was simply a replacement of what would have been discretionary funding for ICE and CBP when every Democrat voted to defund it. You vote for that? Of course I wouldn't defund ICE and cbp, that's yes, sir. Can you confirm that the plain text of the budget resolution before us right now instructs committees to propose legislation that would increase the deficit by as much as $95 billion with no requirement that it be paid for? Mr. McGovern, ever since I've been here, and probably for 100 years, when we are in conflict and our military needs supplemental resourcing to keep our troops safe, we have never offset it. (08:05–08:21)

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