And if you voted to approve funding for a program and that president decides they don't like it and they want to pull it, do you agree that they have that authority if you think Trump has that authority right now? Well, The power of the purse has always lied with Congress. and as I said, the appropriations process, unfortunately, you know, only about 23% of what we spend right now really is discretionary. (07:56–07:58)
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