So how can you justify spending millions, 50 million on a jet while your department is definitely overspending and Republicans in Congress are about to strip also healthcare from millions of Americans. Well, Senator, thank you for the question. We are spending our dollars appropriately and will be on budget. When your reference to the airframe that was the requested dollars were put in for. That's for the Coast Guard. (01:13–01:18)
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Asserts that the department's spending is appropriate and will remain within budget.
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