John Cornyn: “Governor Abbott recently signed the bill, the first bill of…”

“I'm sure even in a state as efficiently run with as low a taxes as Texas, that you can find inefficiency that can be and should be rooted out. Governor Abbott recently signed the bill, the first bill of this year's legislative session into law, that established the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, modeled after [the Department of Government Efficiency]. doge. And while some are states are more fiscally responsible than others, state governments, as I said, are not immune from spending taxpayer money on outdated or inefficient programs.” (05:12–05:24)

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