Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., told Newsmax on Friday that “it’s going to be next to impossible” for legislators to make substantial cuts to the federal budget because few “are absolutely dedicated to the process.”

Congress this week passed a rescissions bill that cut billions from the budgets of National Public Radio, the Public Broadcasting Corporation and the International aid program USAID. Marshall, who sits on the Senate Budget Committee, said on “National Report” that passing the rescissions bill was “not easy” and involved “a lot of listening.”

He said that the late Kansas Republican Senator Bob Dole “gave me great advice: Go back home, the people at home will tell you the big decisions, but I think you can start with the president’s budget.”

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