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Mark Pocan: “Barbara Lee from California, who just left Congress, and I…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Mark Pocan Discusses Impact of Proposed Health Care and Social Program Cuts in Wisconsin Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 1:11:01

There's a problem when the toilets clog. You have to flush $400,000 worth of acids down the toilets to flush them. Literally flushing money down the toilet. So Barbara Lee from California, who just left Congress, and I started a Pentagon spending reduction caucus. and what's interesting is we had a vote probably five years ago, give or take a year, to cut 1%, and we only got 70 people to vote with us on one of the appropriation processes. (1:11:01–1:11:07)

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