Russ Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, testified about the president’s budget on Capitol Hill this week. Here are some of the takeaways.

Vought, 50, is one of the more controversial figures in the Trump administration and has faced sharp criticism from the Left for gutting agencies and pushing for more spending cuts across the federal government.

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