Scott Perry: “That's how you end up $34 trillion in debt and that's how…”

“… I didn't want to vote for that, but this was on it and we had to get this, so I had to vote for that. That's how this town works. That's how you end up $34 trillion in debt and that's how you spy on 278,000 Americans under the federal government's authority. It violates the germaneness rule. People say, well, what does that matter? Why does it matter if it's germane? Ladies and gentlemen, the House passed a bill, a pretty good bill thanks to the chairman, a pretty good bill.” (00:32–00:41)

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