One of the things, as you know, that we do is when we reduce spending on a bill, we try to earmark the funds from one area to the other. So a lot of times a guy from one area of the country will try to cut spending from somebody else's area, because it is cheap. There is a political cost to him or her.
Jack Kingston: “One of the things, as you know, that we do is when we reduce spending on a bill, we try to earmark the funds from one…”
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Discussing the appropriations process and the political implications of budget cuts.
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