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Tom Tiffany: “Congress has not done its job over the last 30 years, really…”

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 03:51

And we all prefer to have stability in our lives, especially when it comes to our finances. But it's important, what is going on, to have some fiscal responsibility. Congress has not done its job over the last 30 years, really making sure how these expenditures that are going out, that they're going out appropriately. Now we've finally gotten to the point with $36 trillion in debt, somebody has to do something about it. And to the credit of the Trump administration, they are saying, we're going to identify this stuff. (03:51–04:01)

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Asserts Congress has failed to ensure proper expenditure oversight for 30 years.

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