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Cory Booker: “We spend $4.9 billion a day on interest on our debt because…”

Featuring: Cory Booker, Democratic | U.S. Senate, New Jersey

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'This is effing ridiculous': Cory Booker vs John Thune clash over SNAP funding in heated hearing

Published | Video Starts at 06:15

That amounts to $101 billion on SNAP that we're spending now. I know you know this, John, because I'm living in a world where it's so different than when I was an executive. Because We spend $4.9 billion a day on interest on our debt because of profligate spending. Both sides of the aisle have been the most fiscally irresponsible people to run our country like we're running it now. And we're arguing over an entire program that affects $100 billion and 45 million Americans. (06:15–06:23)

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Asserts that the U.S. spends $4.9 billion daily on interest due to excessive spending.

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