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Mark Pocan: “The first time they put a report on their savings, their top…”

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

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Wisconsin Town Hall on Immigration, Social Security, and Political Activism

Published | Video Starts at 36:01

Like this is not even Abbott and Costello. Who's on first? What's on second level of government. And The first time they put a report on their savings, their top five items they had. The first one said they were saving $8 billion on something. Well, they later found out it was $8 million. Whoops, those three zeros and two and a half million in arguing cents. That was five. So we just went from 8 billion to a five and a half million savings. (36:01–36:13)

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