They are very upset by that. And the question is, why have you been spending the money? I am in the fortunate position, I have not been in Congress before, so I can say, I did not do that, although the gentleman from Texas is absolutely correct, it has been done by both Democrats and Republicans, so we have to fix this situation.
Virginia Foxx: “They are very upset by that. And the question is, why have you been spending the money? I am in the fortunate position…”
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