Fact-check · Sep 22, 2026 · JD Vance
“HHS, which at $2,000,000,000,000 is the biggest one”
FALSE
What the record shows
HHS FY2025 budget authority: $1.83 trillion ($1.7T mandatory + $0.13T discretionary); outlays: $1.80-1.88 trillion; total budgetary resources: $3.13 trillion. No official measure equals $2 trillion.
Sources
From: Vice President JD Vance Holds Press Conference on Fraud
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