Senator Marshall: Our National Debt is the Biggest Problem Our Country Faces
Senator Marshall Joins CNN to Talk About The Rescissions Package
Washington – On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Jake Tapper on CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper to discuss the rescissions package and how out-of-control Congressional spending is the biggest issue facing America.
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On whether the Senate should take orders from the White House on spending:
“I think the biggest problem that this country faces is our $37 trillion national debt, that we’re spending a trillion dollars a year on interest. If you think about where these cuts are coming from, USAID, our own Government Accounting Office, our own Inspector General have said that USAID is the systemic risk. That there’s significant fraud, waste, and abuse going on. That they don’t really have an audit system.
“So we have identified with Congressional review significant waste and fraud. Think about USAID. Just recently, a $500 million fraud scheme of bribes [uncovered] here in this country, overseeing those programs. In New Guinea $100 million embezzlement issue, or $50 million of waste on medical equipment in Zambia. So the fraud, the waste, the abuse, is out there. We need to do something. And this is some, I would say, low-hanging fruit. I wish we had a bigger rescission package.”
On the Congressional spending problems facing the country:
“Well, certainly Congress has a spending problem, and we need to address that. But I think that we want to be frugal with our money. I was taught to be frugal, to be concerned with other people’s money, which is what this is, and to take the very best care of it that I can.
“I don’t care how much debt we’re in or even if we had a surplus, I don’t want to see waste and fraud like we’ve been seeing through USAID. I do think that both parties need to do a better job of working towards a balanced budget. Again, our national debt is the biggest problem our country faces long term.”
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