You don't like some of the other stuff that's done in some of the bureaucracy. You don't like, defund, you have the ability to do that. And so Madison said that The power of the purse is the most effectual weapon that you can wield in Republican government. And, you know, it doesn't even matter. We wouldn't even be talking about a permanent bureaucracy if Congress wielded the power of the purse. (03:47–03:54)
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