Yeah, I mean, you've self admitted the deficit is a problem. How do you explain to East Texans why more federal spending is still not necessary though? Well, again, This bill is going to cut well over a trillion dollars in mandatory spending over the next 10 years. We need to go deeper and do more because we have about $2 trillion deficit every year. So this is really just dependence. (13:33–13:41)
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