Not just to give pretty speeches talking about how bad the problem is, but actually our job is to do something about it. And that's why I appreciate what the Department of Government Efficiency and the Trump administration are doing. I truly believe this is a once in a generation opportunity to actually get our fiscal house in order. This is not easy. If it were easy, we would have done it before. This is hard. It's politically risky, but it's absolutely critical that we do so. (14:55–15:05)
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