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Jonathan Cooper: “We have a challenge for the $36 trillion of debt that we…”

Featuring: Jonathan Cooper, Democratic | Vermont House of Representatives, Bennington-1

Senate Committee Hearing on Federal Budget Accountability with Mr. Cooper and Mr. Yeeland

Published April 6, 2025 | Video Starts at 05:31

It exceeds almost any other domestic discretionary aggregate big spends, including the Department of Defense and labor and HHS. So We have a challenge for the $36 trillion of debt that we already owe, which is...not the full debt, just the public debt. the debt that we owe to ourselves. You add that on top, we're at nearly $45 trillion. (05:31–05:46)

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Asserts that the U.S. public debt is $36 trillion, not including the total debt.

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