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On the recordFebruary 3, 2025
Yeah. Look, I think our job over the next couple of days--and the leader has been very strong on this--is to point out that, look, I have never seen a floor fight over the OMB Director. And there is a reason for that. It is because that is usually some nonpartisan job. And they might have--they are important. You want them to be good at it. But this guy views OMB as a consolidated locus of power on behalf of the President to fight woke or whatever.
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Brian Schatz
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