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John Cornyn: “We made a down payment in the Working Family Tax cuts Act…”

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

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Cornyn on President Trump's SOTU Address, OMB's Efforts to Rein In Spending

Published | Video Starts at 07:27

But the truth is, unless we begin to deal with our runaway debt, that money is just going to be borrowed. And we need to do better. We need to do significantly better. But the good news is We made a down payment in the Working Family Tax cuts Act, saving $400 billion over 10 years. You may think, well, 38 trillion, 400 billion, that's just a drop in the ocean. But it's a start and we need to do more, and I trust that we will. (07:27–07:37)

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