Mr. Speaker? Yeah, well listen, I agree with my good friend Ron Johnson, for example, a lot of the comments that he stated about government spending. We have a north of $36 trillion federal debt right now and it is the largest national security concern for the U.S. i am a fiscal hawk. Many of my Republican colleagues in the House feel the same way. But it did not. We didn't get in this situation overnight, Kristen. (05:01–05:08)
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