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Bill Huizenga: “Interest on the debt is now larger than our defense spending…”

Featuring: Bill Huizenga, Republican | U.S. House Michigan, District 4

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Bill Huizenga Points Out That Interest On National Debt Is 'Now Larger Than Our Defense Spending'

Published | Video Starts at 01:13

It's true. Domestic spending is getting squeezed out. That is also true. But what is squeezing that spending out is not one or the other. It's interest on the debt and Interest on the debt is now larger than our defense spending and it's larger than our domestic spending. So, so when we have this discussion, we have to understand that this is not an either or. This is all of the system that we deal with. (01:13–01:20)

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Asserts that interest on the national debt exceeds both defense and domestic spending.

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