Fact check: McCarthy says House GOP kept discretionary spending to 'zero'
In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, newly installed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said: "When the Republicans were in power the last time for eight years, do you know how much discretionary spending increased in those eight years? Zero."
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