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John Cornyn: “The prices of everything have risen 20% or more, just as a…”

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

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Senator John Cornyn is running for a fifth term and is "confident of the outcome"

Published | Video Starts at 12:26

And now the cost of virtually everything, whether you're a rancher or a farmer or just a house, you know, just somebody going to the grocery store, The prices of everything have risen 20% or more, just as a result of what I believe was massive overspending by the federal government. And we've changed that somewhat. Not as much as I would have liked. With the one big beautiful bill we, we did $400 billion worth of deficit reduction. (12:26–12:36)

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Asserts that prices have risen 20% or more due to federal government overspending.

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