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John Cornyn: “The US Congress, which holds the purse strings for the…”

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'We Don't Have Any Time To Waste'_ John Cornyn Urges GOP-Run Senate To Swiftly Pass Trump's Agenda

Published | Video Starts at 14:07

They've figured it out. And we can figure it out too here for the American people and for the federal government. I think it's only fair, Mr. President, that The US Congress, which holds the purse strings for the United States government as a whole, should have to do the same thing that families all across Texas, all across Tennessee, all across the country are having to do on a regular basis. It doesn't seem fair to me to have the folks back home have to make these tough choices while the Congress has been spending away under Democratic majority control and with President Biden in the White House. (14:07–14:23)

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Asserts that Congress should manage finances like American families.

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