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And maybe excessive spending in certain places like you just outlined. and what that does is that obscures what the agencies are actually doing or not doing. in hud's case, there are probably a lot of programs that are not being funded, programs for poorer families, housing programs. at the epa -- >> and a lot of changes in regulation. >> this administrator has rolled back a lot of different environmental protection ands those don't get covered the same way either. there is so much going on and there are legitimate questions to be asked about the way these folks are spending taxpayer dollars. ...

Discrimination in housing programs. and when he opened up his campaign, first thing out of his mouth was to attack mexicans and then he attacked a gold star family and then a mexican judge and nfl football players, over and over always attacking minorities. you make your own judgment about this. my judgment is he is clearly a racist. >> some of your colleagues, democratic colleagues in the house want to introduce a resolution to formally sen sure the president for his most recent remarks. would you support that? >> absolutely. it is outrageous. my wife and i were peace corps volunteers in afri...

They want to cut housing assistance all over this country. you're a young person, you want to get an apartment, a house, we have millions of people spending 4040%, 50% of their limited income tax on housing. they want to cut section 8 housing and other housing programs by $37 billion. so what this entire proposal is about is to give tax breaks to people who don't need it, and you do that by making massive cuts in education, in health care, in housing, in the programs that working families desperately need. >> senator cruz, do you want to respond? >> you know, i do. it's interesting, in his ope...

By lawful authorities. it's as simple as that. and that is what he's trying to avoid. he might feel persecuted. he might feel that this is a witch hunt and he is determined to stop those investigations and that's why we're in such a precarious moment. >> having your life and your business dealings and your finances exposed, it's called being the president of the united states. carl, thank you. always a pleasure. when we come back, eric trump's wedding planner reportedly tapped to head federal housing programs in new york and new jersey. more on the latest questionable hire by the trump admin...

Money from housing programs from the poor, federal money for the schools, one of the only areas that president trump has actually wand to increase money in is in charter schools. so i think that below the surface he's been doing a whole a lot of damage, and obviously some people may see that as a accomplishment, but i don't. >> jill, the budget is a perfect example, michelle. the budget there's a question whether they get that through congress, and some say say it's doa.