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Fight waste and fraud. i think this conversation will be a very important part of what we debate. jenna: you've been in office since 2006, is that right, senator. >> elected in 2006, correct. jenna: do you feel responsible for some of the wasteful spending that is happening in government? >> you know what i think everyone bears some responsibility, and sometimes it's not until you reach a point where you're debating in a more intensive way, spending and deficit reduction. i think there is a lot of folks in ar washington who can bear se of the responsibility. i do believe that we are arriving n...
Lawmakers talking about funding the government and a blockbuster report is exposing hundreds of billions of dollars in waste, it includes a scathing and frightening assessment of our ability to prevent and respond to a bio terrorist attack. according to the gao, government accountability office, not only is there no national game plan and not one individual or group responsible for biodefense, but washington has no central tracking system for how much money is being spent on this. colonel randy larson headed up the commission that gave our government a failing grade on this exact issue last ye...
Even more misgivings on the senate side among democrats where the bill will go after it passes. jon: that's the big question, isn't it, what happens in the senate. >> well that, is the difficulty here. the democratic leadership was at first skeptical when house republicans came up with this plan last week, then they realized it would be hard, if not odd, to turn down only $4 billion in cuts, which were also proposed by president obama but they haven't moved an inch on bigger cuts over the longer term. there is however a bipartisan group of decifit hawks working on a compromise package, but for...
[ male announcer ] when you orbitz, you know. jon: how the u.s. should deal with libya, a wealthy country where civil war has broken out. right now secretary of state hillary clinton is speaking in front of congress about the options on the table. this is the house committee on foreign affairs you're watching live. james rosen is also keeping an ear on it. he's live in washington with more. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton defending this morning against criticism that the obama administration's response to the libyan crisis has been tepid. the secretary saying the u.s. didn't wa...