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Rosa DeLauro: “The buyouts were offered using money that government simply…”

Featuring: Rosa DeLauro, Democratic | U.S. House Connecticut, 3rd Congressional District

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What is wrong with this picture? And I just say, if Mr. Roy were here, I would tell him which he needs to understand. He needs to understand. He talked about a buyout. The buyouts were offered using money that government simply did not have. They signed contracts buyouts with money that the Congress had not yet appropriated. That is unlawful. There is a lawless of the about this administration and particularly where it affects the Appropriations Committee. (17:43–17:49)

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Asserts that buyouts were offered with unappropriated funds.

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