with a lot of consternation, we are worried about how the sequester affects everybody--the Defense Department and all the other agencies. But in fact the Pentagon spends $67 billion on things that have absolutely nothing to do with defense. All we will be doing is creating a deficit-neutral reserve fund to move this nondefense spending--either move it or eliminate it from the Defense Department. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington.
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If we really want to move forward, what we have to do is change the dynamic at the FDA.
America does not trust you anymore--that is the truth--because they do not see the actions coming out of Congress that should be coming out.
I think you ought to offend them all and I think you ought to do what is right.
the question is--and my advice to the Committee is to look at the roles that the Federal Government has taken over that would be better and more efficiently done at the State level.
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