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Bryan Steil: “We are spending roughly $2 trillion more than we're taking…”

Featuring: Bryan Steil, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 1

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Constituents outside of this specific space? I mean, to me, front and center is the massive spending problem that we have at the federal government side. I mean, We are spending roughly $2 trillion more than we're taking in every single year in a way that's unsustainable. And we really struggle to have an adult conversation in Washington about what the cost drivers are and the mechanisms in which we can reduce spending in D.C. and then how do you also drive the revenue side, I'm not a. (30:56–31:04)

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Asserts that the federal government is spending $2 trillion more than it takes in annually, which is unsustainable.

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