But the other thing that this bill does, for as long as I've been in the Senate, we have never tried to undertake spending cuts necessary to deal with a $37 trillion in debt. We're now paying more interest on the national debt than we are on defense. which is unsustainable. We don't have to be reminded of recent events in Iran, for example, with Iran fast tracking toward a nuclear weapon. (04:11–04:17)
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