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Containing 'out of control' discretionary spending

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    What can we do to rein in costs?

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I am not going to keep cutting the discretionary budget which by the way is not.

Out of control despite what you hear on Fox News.

Yes well it's not out of control my next guest would like to know then what is because she uncovered these items in the fiscal year 2012 discretionary budget check this out a 141000.

Dollars.

To study -- -- in China 225000.

Dollars -- study who got habits of Jordanian university students.

And twenty million up twenty million dollars on agricultural based reality TV show in India.

-- -- -- is with The Heritage Foundation remain what I Miller who could have it is.

I think some of the questions that we're studying there was.

It's hookah smoking better or worse -- and smoking cigarettes but the important thing is to keep in mind this waste is just the tip off a massive iceberg.

Federal spending is out of control in pretty much all areas of the budget.

You can impeach the point you're making is when senator the senator out -- said no.

Fox News we'll have you think it's in all it's it's in the -- the discretionary part of the budget smaller part of the budget.

Well it is out of control there as well is it not.

Discretionary spending grew by 40% over the past ten years yes it is out of control.

It is true that the entitlements are driving our spending and debt challenge but there's a lot of room to cut especially non defense discretionary spending.

Okay let's talk about the -- guys ask you what -- week we spent twenty million dollars on a reality TV series in India.

Twenty million.

That's right the Department of Agriculture spends 200 million dollars every year.

Marketing US farm products abroad this particular reality TV show in India was supposed to advertise cotton.

But India as a net exporter off cotton right.

-- this afternoon the senate voted to pass the suspension via suspension of the debt ceiling.

Thoughts on that was that a good move.

Where the middle of the budget process and one of the caveats with this bill is -- Yes we suspended -- debt ceiling until May nineteenth.

But the senate now has to come up with a budget this is the time for lawmakers to find.

These important spending cuts making the reforms we need -- entitlement programs and also cutting a lot of this inappropriate.

And wasteful federal spending -- remain about -- to thank you very much.

Thank you.

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