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John Thune: “We have a $40 trillion debt.”

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

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Published August 10, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:49

It's hard for me to sit here and participate in the kabuki theater and where our big idea to solve that problem is to go after the most struggling Americans. That is hypocrisy. We have a $40 trillion debt. which is why this is maybe a small start, but we gotta start somewhere. A lot of states are not providing this information to usda. (00:49–00:51)

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“We're saying 6%. You can still have a fraud, waste and error rate of 6% under this.”
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