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73 million at department of veterans' affairs. roughly 59 million at the justice department. and 56 million at the department of health and human services. the chairman of the house oversight committee is now saying these conferences cost alot but attendees don't do very much. >> we looked at some of the things money was spent on. in some cases it was spent like the gsa, sort of on motivational activity and so on. so you looked and said, wait a second, they call it team building and the like. one of the problems is, if you do this locally, and you use your own facility and you pay for, you kno...

Are there programs we could reduce and make more efficient? yes, that's what i've been trying to do, push that forward and that's what the qdr process was about. but, there are also a lot of essential programs, first and foremost security of our personnel in dangerous places that we can't afford to cut more of. i hope we get the transfer authority and have a sensible budget discussion going forward. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary, i want to thank you for your incredible commit. to this lady as first lady as well as secretary of state and as a doctor i will tell you i...

>> well, you know, i have seen in this particular congress over and over again partisan manufactured games-playing and manufactured crises. if you look back over the last year, we see us going to the verge of shutting down the federal government over whether to extend a middle class payroll tax cut? we see us getting very, very close to not making our debt obligations, making good on our debt obligations, over an effort to gut essential programs in the federal government. i mean, time after time we see a manufactured crisis, one that could be completely averted. and as i said, when i talk to w...

Close to not making our debt obligations, making good on our debt obligations over an effort to gut essential programs in the federal government. time after time, we see a manufactured crisis. one that could be completely averted. as i talk to wisconsin families over and over again, they say birth control, really? are you seriously debating that in this day and age? they want us to get back to business. they want us to understand what they are going through right now. in this tax season as people are preparing for filing their return, they want to see tax fairness, which is why i introduced th...

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