That's. I would say that's the baseline issue with our huge deficits that we're having and the runaway debt that we have is that we're not doing the people's work. Our primary job ought to be passing budgets, doing the appropriations, and getting those reconciled and getting the President to sign them by September 30th. I know what Tom Cole wants to do. The appropriations chair, my dear friend that I talk to almost every day, he wants to get the 12 appropriation bills done. (07:30–07:39)
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Asserts that Congress's primary job is to pass budgets and appropriations by September 30th.
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