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John Cornyn: “It's taken us a long time to get to $37 trillion in debt…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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John Cornyn's Senate Address on Government Efficiency and Elon Musk's Contributions

Published | Video Starts at 02:21

The problem of runaway spending by the government, of course, is not a new one, but it's been getting increasingly worse, particularly during the last four years of the Biden administration. The truth is, It's taken us a long time to get to $37 trillion in debt, but it's now reached the point of unsustainability. We are spending more money on interest on the national debt than we are on defense. In an increasingly dangerous world, that alone is unsustainable. (02:21–02:30)

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Asserts that the U.S. national debt is $37 trillion and unsustainable.

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