As you might have recalled in the January speaker challenge, when Kevin McCarthy wanted to be speaker, one of the things we demanded was for many of the accounts to go back to pre Covid Level spending. Now, Kevin McCarthy agreed to [return accounts to pre-COVID Level spending] to become speaker. and then by April or so, the entire Republican conference agreed to that when they passed limits, save, grow. (02:53–02:57)
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Asserts that Kevin McCarthy agreed to return spending to pre-COVID levels to secure the Speaker position.
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