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David Schweikert: “Every dime of defense is borrowed. Every dime a non defense…”

Featuring: David Schweikert, Republican | U.S. House, Arizona, District 1

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Final September Floor Speech - David Schweikert

Published | Video Starts at 06:53

If you want to put in the interest and money we're paying back to the trust funds, it's What, a trillion Two trillion. $2,300,000,000. What that means is Every dime of defense is borrowed. Every dime a non defense discretionary is borrowed. And let's call it $400 billion of your favorite earned benefit. Let's call it Medicare because that's easy. And I know this place loves to come behind these mics and speechify. (06:53–07:01)

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Asserts that all U.S. defense and non-defense discretionary spending is borrowed.

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