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Tom Cole: “The amount of money we're talking about here [in…”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 21:28

… have really pretty smart lawyers at OMB and they have really smart lawyers at gao, and they disagree. That's what court systems are for. But no matter what you say, The amount of money we're talking about here [in rescissions] is relatively small. Most of it came out of foreign aid or what was leftover spending. Secretary Rubio agreed with all this. He said it's money I don't need or money that's being wasted or money that wasn't spent so it can be reclaimed by the Treasury. (21:28–21:38)

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Asserts that the rescissions involve a relatively small amount of money, mostly from foreign aid or leftover spending.

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