Maybe the best way to get the information is to pass Mr. Palmer's legislation.

We can't even get someone in the Federal Government to tell us what that total number...

The established rule is that the expenditure of public funds is proper only when authorized by Congress, not that public funds may be expended unless prohibited by Congress.

For the sake of argument, let's accept what the White House said.

It's roughly equivalent to half of all discretionary spending we did in 2017.

But I want to try to get a handle on the overall picture here.

Thank you to our witnesses. And, Mr. Kohn, I agree with you.

This is from their budget. For 2017, the table shows that total offsetting collections and offsetting receipts from the public are estimated to be $534 billion.

It sure looks to me like it is Secretary Clinton, as you said.

This is pure political maneuvering.

A compromise or disruption of our election process is something that this Congress certainly should be looking into.