But if you can t tell me where it went then what am i supposed to think? and when there has been reporting. this is not look, i m not saying this is on you. and that you caused this, but i think it s a tough argument. i m pretty sure i didn t cause it. [laughter] $850 billion budgets to an organization that can t pass an audit and tell you where that money went like i think most people would consider that somewhere in the realm of waste, fraud, or abuse. because they would wonder why that money isn t well accounted for. jesse: we give the government almost a trillion dollars a year to keep us safe and they don t know where the money went. someone is getting rich. and we can t even stop a spy balloon? florida senator marco rubio is vice chair of the senate intelligence committee and he joins us now. senator, do you have any idea where the money goes? well, the general idea where they say the money goes.
A design that could make it possible for beijing to siphon intelligence. they said the claim is paranoia and meant to mislead the american public. the white house is punting the issue to the defense department. some members are talking about banning the purchase of chinese cranes. what and where it is being shipped around the world and some of that spy ware could get into the port systems and chinese could use it in a malicious way. we need a different source. now it s worth noting the 850 billion defense policy bill passed in december does require a group number of groups to investigate and study these cranes to determine whether they are a security threat. bill, no word on those findings yet. certainly an intensified scrutiny on something that looks ordinary, right? bill: it is intriguing. kelly is live in l.a. at the
The american public. the white house is punting the issue to the defense departments. some gop members have proposed legislation to ban pushes of these chinese cranes. they knew what we were what was being shipped, where it s being shipped around the world and some of that spyware could get in to the port systems and the chinese could use it in a malicious way. we need a different source. now, it s worth noting that an $850 billion policy bill that was back in december does require a number of groups to investigate and report on whether these cranes are posing a cyber security threat. no word on the findings yet. certainly kind of an interesting news spy threat with something that big that is hiding in plain sight. back to you. neil: i d be curious. have they checked one of two of these cranes to see if they have cameras or other devices on them? that would be an easy way to
Own medical decisions. and medication abortion is an option that people should have and it should be their decision, not the court, nor politicians. before we go, i want to ask you about a bill you proposed this week. i would argue a pretty bold bill. it is the people over pentagon act, which would cut the pentagon s budget by 100 billion dollars per year. you have suggested refocusing that money on other priorities like infrastructure, health care, and education. what is your message to those who think a cutting budget, or cutting the budget of defense spending makes us less safe, especially as the world becomes more dangerous with russia and china on the rise? you know what it does, cutting 100 billion, when you look at the defense budget over 850 billion compared to the budget which i shared on the committee on appropriations for the last 64 billion for development and diplomacy, come on. we ve got to have a balance
Health care, and education. what is your message to those who think a cutting budget, or cutting the budget of defense spending makes us less safe, especially as the world becomes more dangerous with russia and china on the rise? you know what it does, cutting 100 billion, when you look at the defense budget over 850 billion compared to the budget which i shared on the committee on appropriations for the last 64 billion for development and diplomacy, come on. we ve got to have a balance national security strategy. 100 billion, when you look at the waste, fraud, and abuse inherent in the pentagon budget that has not even passed an audit yet, when you look at the defense contractors misuse in tax dollars, scamming the system, you cannot tell me that 100 billion will pamper. we had military experts show us and make sure that we understood that that is not going to touch any effort that would harm our troops, it is not going to make a dent in our ability to share