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Mike Johnson: “It is government spending that creates the deficits. We're…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Interview with House Speaker Mike Johnson on National Guard Deployment and Legislative Controversies

Published | Video Starts at 10:01

The CBO is, is arguing that if we extend and make permanent existing tax cuts, that's going to add to the deficit. What we're doing in this bill is cutting $1.6 trillion of spending. It is government spending that creates the deficits. We're going to reduce the deficit. That's going to be higher at the end of this, even at this. Not with our pro growth policies. We can argue that in another day. (10:01–10:05)

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Asserts that government spending creates deficits and the bill aims to reduce the deficit.

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