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John Cornyn: “The US federal government spends about a trillion dollars a…”

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

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Senator John Cornyn Advocates for Tax Cuts and Fiscal Responsibility in Senate Speech

Published | Video Starts at 10:26

So why would we not resurrect this tried and true playbook from the bipartisan era of 1996? The US federal government spends about a trillion dollars a year on means-tested programs. and work requirements are one common sense step toward reforming this trajectory again, which is adding to our national debt. (10:26–10:42)

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