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. And now you, Congress, got to decide if you're going to have some. (04:00–04:07)
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Asserts the U.S. has reached $36 trillion in debt.
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