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Mark Pocan: “The last item, I think they were about by a factor of 20 to…”

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

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Rep. Mark Pocan talks Democrats walking out of Trump's speech of lies.

Published | Video Starts at 23:14

They didn't even know that the next three items on their top five were the exact same item, just three different times in different worrying and they didn't realize that. And then The last item, I think they were about by a factor of 20 to one off on what the actual savings was. They have no idea what they're doing. So as they cut these programs and then they're cutting federal employees, you can't cut your people who are working on avian flu. (23:14–23:20)

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Asserts that the last item in a government savings report was miscalculated by a factor of 20 to one.

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