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John Cornyn: “We spend more money on interest on the national debt than we…”

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

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Our Democratic colleagues seem to think the more money you spend, you're necessarily going to improve those outcomes. But at the same time, we have the two major drivers of our national debt, Social Security and Medicare. While We spend more money on interest on the national debt than we do on defense of the nation. which is an unsustainable trajectory, what is it that you're doing to address the effectiveness and the outcomes of our health care expenditures as opposed to just throwing more money at the problem? (00:34–00:41)

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Asserts that U.S. interest payments on national debt exceed defense spending.

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