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>> -- has always been discre discretionary, va spending is discretionary. what is mandatory are things like social security and medicare. if you qualify for the entitlement, you just get it no matter what the cost, and our problem in this country is that more than 70% of our federal budget, of our federal spending, what we ought to be doing is we ought to turn everything into discretionary spending so it is all evaluated, so we can fix problems or fix programs that are broken, that are going to ...

Champagne will be cheering this budget— champagne will be cheering this budget today. our political correspondent rob watson gave us this assessment of the uk budget. you are thinking the big question would _ you are thinking the big question would he — you are thinking the big question would be post— you are thinking the big question would be post brexit, _ you are thinking the big question would be post brexit, post- you are thinking the big question- would be post brexit, post pandemic....

routine business, passed through the senate. neither party has been blameless in these tactics. now both parties should put an end to it. for starters, i asked the senate to pass a simple rule that all judicial and public service nominations receive a simple up or down vote within 90 days. [ applause ] the executive branch also needs to change. too often its inefficient, outdated, and remote. thats why ive asked this congress to grant me the authority to consolidate the federal bureauc...

Its gone bad under his watch or continued to get worse under his watch, why would he fix it now? why would the public say, oh, this didnt i is going to get a new look at life, a new approach to the job. thats hard to believe. i think thats hard for people to buy, that this guy will solve a problem he let get this bad. that seems hard to believe. >> yeah, i see the politics of it that way, i understand that, chris. but having the secretary of the va -- firing the secretary of the va doesnt fix th...

Chris. but having the secretary of the va -- firing the secretary of the va doesnt fix this, its obviously deeper than that, as senator kerrey said. my hats off always to senator kerrey who understands this from the inside and outside better than any human being i know. put it in some context. ten years ago at the beginning of the iraq and afghanistan war, the previous administration and the congress basically flat lined va spending, not anticipating, not getting ready at all to scale up what we...

Earned, which is why weve increased annual va spending every year ive been president. and it means enlisting our veterans in the work of rebuilding our nation. with the bipartisan support of this congress, were providing new tax credits to companies that hire vets. michelle and jill biden have worked with american businesses to secure a pledge of 135,000 jobs for veterans and their families. and tonight im proposing a veterans jobs corps that will help our communities hire veterans as cops and f...