for letting more people in the country. they should turn people back from the border who don t have a right to cross into our country under our laws. more to the point they should be saying don t leave your homes in the first place. you won t get here. if you get here and get in we ll find you and send you home then. that s the way to address this problem at its root to make clear to migrants from across the world that they cannot come to our country with complete disregard for our laws. harris: let s get to the military. the senate has approved nearly $860 billion in defense spending and now it goes on to president biden to sign it. republicans got your big ask, the pentagon s covid vaccine mandate is out. it doesn t right the ship for the ones that were already pushed out. the white house pentagon saying they didn t get what they wanted. the president is expected to sign it. many believe that the mandate played a huge role in shortfalls in the military recruiting, senator. talk to
what happened to those eight voe votes? reporter: some said it didn t go far enough and argued perhaps some of these churches could be hit with lawsuits if he decided not to perform a same-sex marriage. that argument rejected by some advocates of this legislation but that s the argument why fewer republicans this time supporting this bill, despite the fact the earlier version of the bill did not provide any of those religious exemptions. nevertheless, jake, this is passed, bipartisan support and signed into law by joe biden in the days ahead. thank you. manu raju on capitol hill. and nearly $860 billion national defense authorization act comes with significant changes to the military s policies and funding and notably a repeal of the military s covid vaccine mandate. let s bring in republican congressman mike walsh of florida on the house arms services committee and also the
and we have got to talk about the future. this is pretty stunning, the personal savings rate being this low. as low as it s been in 14 years comes on the heels of the pandemic. exactly. people stayed home. they weren t going out to eat and buying clothes to go to the office. they saved money. personal savings for the first time in a long time start go up. now we are starting to see that people have spent through and blown through that money. blown through their stimulus checks and 4.4% in april was the lowest personal savings rate in this country since 2008. i will add to that. we are seeing high inflation 40-year high. also seeing debt go up. according to the new york fed, $860 billion in debt in this country in the first quarter. and 229 million new credit cards added. that says to me people blew through the savings and they are back to using plastic to pay for things. will: wow, so the president says americans are saving more reduced their debt and that is in your estimation.
the ppp program. they are flaunting it. look at some of these pictures. one guy bought himself a lamborghini. what is the thought process behind that? the problem with the unemployment insurance, the government gave $860 billion to the 50 states but said they were not liable for any fraud that may occur. so the state had to hire hundreds of people to disburse that money. no one ever checked it out. criminals realized. who has all the money? the government. who is the easiest person to steal from? the government. the government has become a target of people because they know they can get away with it. no bank pore company in america with losing $80 billion to
the ppp program. they are flaunting it. look at some of these pictures. one guy bought himself a lamborghini. what is the thought process behind that? the problem with the unemployment insurance, the government gave $860 billion to the 50 states but said they were not liable for any fraud that may occur. so the state had to hire hundreds of people to disburse that money. no one ever checked it out. criminals realized. who has all the money? the government. who is the easiest person to steal from? the government. the government has become a target of people because they know they can get away with it. no bank pore company in america with losing $80 billion to