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David Perdue

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David Perdue is a Republican politician from Georgia who served as a United States Senator from 2015 to 2021. He was elected to the Senate after defeating incumbent Democrat Michelle Nunn in the 2014 election. During his time in office, Perdue focused on issues such as economic growth, job creation, and reducing government spending. He was a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee.

Feb 2, 2016

I am just voicing one person's--and I think I speak for a few other members here--support to try to help you get there.

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Feb 2, 2016

I am over this 'too large to be audited' thing, and so it is time we get a real accounting of that.

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Feb 2, 2016

But I want to ask you, I understand there is a problem. My question is: What can we do to break through the impediment to get a balance sheet that will stand up to audit?

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Feb 2, 2016

Our goal should be to solve that as soon as possible.

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Feb 2, 2016

I agree 100 percent with Senator King that if you do not maintain--it is like deferred maintenance.

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Feb 2, 2016

You cannot convince me that inside $54 billion that organization could not have the absolute best, world-class IT systems available.

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Feb 2, 2016

I think the characterization that $3 trillion in assets and $21 trillion in liabilities is not the full picture.

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Feb 2, 2016

I just think we have got to get a picture of this.

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Feb 2, 2016

I think he has offered up some very thoughtful and productive recommendations, and I think this is a process that we have got to start.

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Feb 2, 2016

We need to have a nonpartisan conversation about a party-neutral process to fund the United States Government.

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Feb 2, 2016

But I am a little confused, because if you just look at the Social Security and Medicare liabilities over 30 years, it is much bigger than $21 trillion.

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