Tom Tiffany: “We're $37 trillion in debt.”

“It's about a billion dollars that would be taken from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. I support this rescissions package because we need to root out waste, fraud and abuse. We're $37 trillion in debt. It's led to inflation. The high cost of living we've had over the last number of years led to higher interest rates.” (15:16–15:19)

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