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John Thune: “They're talking about a $350 billion defense commitment…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Thune Joins Bret Baier on Fox News

Published | Video Starts at 03:03

Fair to say. Fair to say. And that's assuming you can win those amendments. The fear is, and this is a, you know, They're talking about a $350 billion defense commitment, which I think most of us are supportive of, but a lot of our members are going to require that that be offset or paid for. It is always a question of math on reconciliation. There are other ways to get at this. You can try and do it the bipartisan way with a supplemental appropriation request. (03:03–03:13)

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