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Tom Tiffany: “$200 billion in duplicate payments that went out via the…”

Featuring: Tom Tiffany, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Tariffs, Federal Spending, and Immigration

Published | Video Starts at 04:55

I mean, I'll give you two really quick examples that are one small, one large. $5,600 to water eight plants in a Department of Defense facility. $5,600 to water 8 plants. That's crazy. $200 billion in duplicate payments that went out via the Medicaid program to insurers. Those type of things really need rigorous review. So there's ways, large and small. We need to do a better job in Congress going through these line items line by line. (04:55–05:03)

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