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Markwayne Mullin: “We are spending $1.8 trillion above our budget, which is…”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin | BRCC #326

Published | Video Starts at 1:03:23

I mean, I don't think that we need half these agencies. No, I don't think that we need half the federal spending. So I'm, I'm, I'm in that group. Yeah. So what We are spending $1.8 trillion above our budget, which is several trillion dollars to begin with. To begin with, if. What are we spending all that money on? And how can Congress ever get their hands on it if we don't go back to line of appropriations, Leave earmarks out of it. (1:03:23–1:03:30)

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