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Mike Lee Demands Removal Of 'Woke, Wasteful, And Unjustified' Earmarked Spending In Funding Bill

Published | Video Starts at 00:39

Now a lot of people like to say I don't like those other earmarks, but I like my own. So I'm going to vote for all of it so they can all stay in there. Remember the Republican conference back in 2010 adopted an earmark moratorium. It was converted into a permanent earmark ban in 2019. That's still in effect. We shouldn't be ignoring it. What do these $7 billion do? Well, among other things, they do a lot. Including a whole lot of them in spending on woke. (00:39–00:47)

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Asserts that the Republican conference adopted an earmark moratorium in 2010, which became a permanent ban in 2019.

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