We don't spend money responsibly here. We haven't for many years. And the reason for that is because typically for the annual funding of the government, it's done in a back room, literally. There's a deal made by the top four leaders in Congress and that's hoisted upon the members. usually at the end of the year, right before a holiday, in an omnibus spending bill. Sometimes the bills are thousands of pages long and it's always said that few members have fully read it or understood it. (15:57–16:04)
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