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John Cornyn: “The Government Accountability Office has documented that…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Cornyn on President Trump's SOTU Address, OMB's Efforts to Rein In Spending

Published | Video Starts at 08:52

He testified that what we saw happen in the Somali daycare scandal is just the tip of the iceberg. Make believe non governmental organizations providing non existent daycare services and bilking the American taxpayer billions of dollars. The Government Accountability Office has documented that there is between $2 to $500 billion of improper payments. that is money that should not be paid to the recipient of those funds. And part of it is structural, it seems to me, because when the federal government appropriates … (08:52–09:07)

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Asserts that the GAO documented $2 to $500 billion in improper payments.

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