Russell Vought: “Every administration has the ability to do a programmatic…”

“How do you feel about being responsible for hundreds of thousands of children dying because of your sudden interruption in these key programs? I reject the assertion. I'm happy to take a look at the tracker that you describe. Every administration has the ability to do a programmatic review when they come into office. In fact, that was articulated earlier by one of your colleagues. The extent to which new administrations come in with new spending priorities. That's what we were doing.” (00:28–00:34)

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