So my focus has been on spending, spending, spending. We went from $4.4 trillion spending in 2019 to over $7 trillion probably this year. It's completely unjustified. We need to return to a reasonable pre pandemic level of spending as a baseline. And that's certainly what I'm focusing most of my attention on right now. Okay. It has obviously been no secret that you're no fan of the budget reconciliation process so far. (02:21–02:27)
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Advocates for returning to pre-pandemic spending levels as a baseline for the federal budget.
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