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Kevin Hern: “2 1/2 trillions of the 3 trillion they're referencing is…”

Featuring: Kevin Hern, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 1st Congressional District

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One Big Beautiful Bill's Impact w/ Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) | Hill Nation Summit 2025

Published | Video Starts at 09:49

People don't want to raise taxes on anybody. So what you're saying is you think that this is going to effectively pay for itself, that we're not going to be left 2 1/2 trillions of the 3 trillion they're referencing is keeping everybody's margin, marginal rates the same, not raising your taxes. So by you keeping your money in your pocket, the CBO said that's going to cost two and a half trillion dollars. So we have to look now at spending. (09:49–09:57)

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Asserts that $2.5 trillion of the $3 trillion debt is due to maintaining current marginal tax rates.

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