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Marco Rubio: “We spent $227,000 for Big Cat's YouTube channel from USAID.”

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Senate Hearing Clash: Senator Van Hollen vs. Secretary Marco Rubio on Foreign Policy and Human Rights

Published | Video Starts at 07:44

I chose to use my time that way, Mr. Chairman. That's my right, to use my time. Please suspend that way, Secretary Rubio. Well, I can go on. I mean, there's other things here. We spent $227,000 for Big Cat's YouTube channel from USAID. We spent $14 million for social cohesion in Mali, whatever the hell that means. So I can go on and on. I got the list here. And there's more. (07:44–07:49)

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