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Mike Johnson: “8.3 billion of that is wasteful foreign aid with all the…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Debate on Immigration and Law Enforcement: Los Angeles Riots and Colorado Anti-Semitic Attack

Published | Video Starts at 21:27

Let me move on with regard to the business in the House. This week, the House will vote to approve the White House's request to claw back $9.4 billion in wasteful spending. 8.3 billion of that is wasteful foreign aid with all the atrocities that Doge uncovered in USAID. And 1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. That's PBS, NPR. These are common sense cuts. And I think every member of this body should support it. (21:27–21:36)

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