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Craig Goldman: “We are in a deficit in our federal government. That's…”

Featuring: Craig Goldman, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 12

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One-on-One with State Rep. Craig Goldman

Published | Video Starts at 04:41

So that by far is issue number one. Issue number two is dealing with our budget and our deficit. $34 trillion. We are in a deficit in our federal government. That's ridiculous. We should not be in debt. And we don't do that in Texas. We balance our budget every single session in Texas. In fact, we had a $30 billion surplus. We have $20 billion in our rainy day fund. (04:41–04:47)

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Asserts that the federal government is in a deficit and should not be in debt.

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