02/27/2024
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"I am starting to think that instead of the U.S. Congress, we should call ourselves 'Deficits are Us.'"
"My understanding of this idea is just to send a bunch of OCO money to the Pentagon and say, do with it what you will."
"The defense budget in 1962 was something like 5-6 percent of GDP. It is now at 3.3."
"I want to understand before we undertake a new--before we get too far into a new vehicle, I want to have that opportunity."