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Programs just because they sound good. >> congressman harold rogers deeming it careless and counter productive. marco rubio says proposed cuts to the state department undermine america's ability to keep our citizens safe. the budge aims to slash billions from government agencies to boost military spending hitting hard social services like after school programs for children and programs that feed the elderly. >> meals on wheels sounds great. that's a state decision to fund that and take the federal money and give it to the states and say look we're going to give you money for programs that don'...

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$3 billion community block grant cuts. one of the things the community block grant does is that it gives money to states, some of which goes to fund programs like meals on wheels. make mulvaney, the budget director says he can't burden taxpayers with that sort of spending. listen. we can't do that anymore. we can spend money on programs just because they sound good. meals on wheels sounds great. a state decision to find that particular portion, to take the federal money and give it to the states and say, we want to give you money for programs that don't work. i can defend that anymore. >> he a...

Will come from the foreign aid budget which estate rex tillerson said is just fine. >> the level of spending the state department has been undertaking in the past, particularly this past year, it's sadly not sustainable. i am confident with the input of the men and women, we are going to construct a way forward that allows us to be more effective, more efficient and be able to do a lot with fewer dollars. >> environmental protection agency will be cut 31% and lose more than 3,000 jobs. hhs will be scaled back nearly 18% while housing and urban development will lose $6 billion, including commun...