Scott Besson

And that's unacceptable.

Margaret, it is impossible to have an economic deal without a peace deal. The sine qua non for an economic deal is that Ukrainian leadership wants a peace deal.

Margaret, it is impossible to have an economic deal without a peace deal. The sine qua non for an economic deal is that Ukrainian leadership wants a peace deal.

Margaret, it is impossible to have an economic deal without a peace deal. The sine qua non for an economic deal is that Ukrainian leadership wants a peace deal.

I think that'd be a very good characterization.

I think that'd be a very good characterization.

I think that'd be a very good characterization.

Seven times, my fellow Kentuckians have sent me to the Senate. Every day in between, I've been humbled by the trust they placed in me to do their business. right here representing our commonwealth has been the honor of a lifetime i will not seek this honor an eighth time my current term in the senate will be my last okay so again

Seven times, my fellow Kentuckians have sent me to the Senate. Every day in between, I've been humbled by the trust they placed in me to do their business. right here representing our commonwealth has been the honor of a lifetime i will not seek this honor an eighth time my current term in the senate will be my last okay so again

Seven times, my fellow Kentuckians have sent me to the Senate. Every day in between, I've been humbled by the trust they placed in me to do their business. right here representing our commonwealth has been the honor of a lifetime i will not seek this honor an eighth time my current term in the senate will be my last okay so again

When you say the Doge team, these are Treasury employees. Two Treasury employees, one of whom I personally interviewed in his final round. There is no tinkering with the system. They are on read-only. They are looking. They can make no changes. It is an operational program to suggest improvements. So we make 1.3 billion payments a year.

When you say the Doge team, these are Treasury employees. Two Treasury employees, one of whom I personally interviewed in his final round. There is no tinkering with the system. They are on read-only. They are looking. They can make no changes. It is an operational program to suggest improvements. So we make 1.3 billion payments a year.

When you say the Doge team, these are Treasury employees. Two Treasury employees, one of whom I personally interviewed in his final round. There is no tinkering with the system. They are on read-only. They are looking. They can make no changes. It is an operational program to suggest improvements. So we make 1.3 billion payments a year.

And this is two employees who are working with a group of longstanding employees.

And this is two employees who are working with a group of longstanding employees.

And this is two employees who are working with a group of longstanding employees.

We do not have a revenue problem in the United States of America. We have a spending problem that historically for the past 40 or 50 years, revenues, federal government revenues have averaged about 17 to 17 and a half percent of GDP.

We do not have a revenue problem in the United States of America. We have a spending problem that historically for the past 40 or 50 years, revenues, federal government revenues have averaged about 17 to 17 and a half percent of GDP.

We do not have a revenue problem in the United States of America. We have a spending problem that historically for the past 40 or 50 years, revenues, federal government revenues have averaged about 17 to 17 and a half percent of GDP.

And spending has been slightly over that, leading us to a 3.5% budget deficit, which is manageable because we have roughly 3.8% nominal growth, 1.8% real growth, 2% inflation. Today, as you stated, and to be clear, this is one of the things that got me out from behind my desk and my quiet life in this campaign, was the thought that this spending is out of control.