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Mike Rounds: “The budget right now is up about 7.7% or about 34, almost…”

Featuring: Mike Rounds, Republican | U.S. Senate South Dakota

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Rounds Questions Secretary Collins at an Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 01:24

… our placement of facilities is helping us not only with our rural outreach, but also other the private and public sectors as well. Thank you. Even with the fact that The budget right now is up about 7.7% or about 34, almost $35 billion. you've defended some canceled contracts as a source of savings and efficiency. Would you identify the major canceled contracts, the services that they supported, the amount saved and the evidence that those functions are still being performed adequately without harming veterans. (01:24–01:30)

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Asserts that the budget is up about 7.7% or about $34-$35 billion.

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