The Department of Justice, which includes the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the FBI and the U.S. attorneys and the U.S. marshals, and it also includes all of the sciences, National Science foundation and The Commerce, Justice and Science subcommittee...controls an enormous chunk of the federal budget every year. And I write the bill as chairman. Now, what happens if, for example, the talking heads on tv, the pundits and prognosticators are talking about, well, control of Congress may go to the Republicans. (05:41–06:20)
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Asserts that the Commerce, Justice, and Science subcommittee controls a significant portion of the federal budget annually.
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