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Russell Vought: “There is great flexibility there.”

Featuring: Russell Vought, Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget | National

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Schatz Warns Against Rescinding Foreign Assistance Funding, Ceding Appropriations Authority

Published | Video Starts at 10:05

We take an assessment as to what is there in terms of unobligated balances, and we make a decision as to what are what is necessary. But the notion, unless you've written into the law in terms of your statutory expectations, There is great flexibility there. And much of, I think, quite frankly, the fake news this year has been the extent to which we are pursuing our flexibilities under the law to make sure that funding is aligned with our priorities. (10:05–10:08)

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