John Cornyn: “Doge started out with an ambitious goal of a 15% reduction…”

“It is a spending problem. And we need to get spending under control. And we have multiple opportunities. And one of those is with this rescissions package. Now, Doge started out with an ambitious goal of a 15% reduction in government spending of about a trillion dollars. Again, this is what the media has Pooh, poohed. And saying, well, they haven't come anywhere near their target. But again, the most important point I can make is this is just the beginning.” (03:18–03:25)

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