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Mike Johnson: “We have a $36 trillion federal debt.”

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

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Mike Johnson says big changes by DOGE, Trump administration will ‘ruffle some feathers’ at presser

Published | Video Starts at 10:47

What Doge is doing is making sure that your taxpayer dollars, all of us, are spent in the way that they're intended to be spent and that they're for the in America's interest and they're financially responsible with the precious taxpayers money. We have a $36 trillion federal debt. and we have got to get a hold of these things. You're going to see it reflected in the reconciliation package comes forward. (10:47–10:50)

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