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John Cornyn: “We have a $37 trillion in debt.”

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

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Senator John Cornyn's Address on Work Requirements and Tax Policy

Published | Video Starts at 13:27

And I encourage all of us to use this unique opportunity to do what happened back as a result of the Clinton Gingrich agreement and the welfare reform plan of 1996. And that is reinstate reasonable work requirements … We have a $37 trillion in debt. … the debt than we are on defense. An unsustainable situation for more than one reason. (13:27–13:34)

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