But we have, I would say, deviously slid all kinds of discretionary spending into other mandatory that really exploded during COVID where I think Other mandatory [spending] hit well over $2 trillion [during COVID]. Last fiscal year was about $1.3 trillion. This year will be over a trillion. So it went from $642 billion in 2019. (04:43–04:45)
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Asserts that other mandatory spending exceeded $2 trillion during the COVID pandemic.
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