Tim Walz actually said...

I looked at the first budget that I showed up on in 2009, it was 93.5 billion and about 250,000 employees...

if we are looking for the easy fix or we are looking to pass the buck on this, that is simply unacceptable.

the buck does stop somewhere. And again, for years I heard it, it stops with the President and it stops with the Secretary.

the hiring freeze has precluded us from filling these positions and it has adversely affected veterans' care.