Well, first of all, I've heard over the weekend people referring to the $61 billion cut that's being proposed by the House as draconian cuts. I mean, you take a look at The $61 billion cut that's being proposed by the House [is] less than 2 cents on the dollar. As a business person, you know, if I've got financial tough times and I go to my department heads and say, you know, you got to cut back spending, give me 1.7% of your budget. (01:16–01:30)
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Asserts that the proposed $61 billion cut is less than 2% of the federal budget.
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