John Cornyn: “Overall spending levels were about a billion dollars less…”

“Fortunately, we've refrained from passing an omnibus spending package this Congress, but we've also made progress through regular order appropriations on lowering year over year spending. Fiscal year 2026 non defense discretionary spending totaled $18 billion less than 2025, and Overall spending levels were about a billion dollars less [in fiscal year 2026 compared to 2025]. And of course, while a billion dollars may sound like pocket change compared to our national debt, again, it's heading in the right direction.” (15:47–16:01)

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