John Cornyn: “The federal government spends roughly $6.7 trillion a year.”

“The rest of that money, the 72%, come from mandatory spending programs and things like the tax code, because the tax code has actually become a means whereby we actually spend money as well through tax credits and. And the like. And The federal government spends roughly $6.7 trillion a year. And we're never going to balance the budget just looking at 28% of federal spending, which is what we do through discretionary spending.” (05:52–05:58)

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