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Mike Johnson: “We have a $36 trillion federal debt, we have a growing…”

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

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Interview with House Speaker Mike Johnson on Trump Agenda and Congressional Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 02:24

All at once, we got to achieve that mission, but we also have to pay for it, because at the same time We have a $36 trillion federal debt, we have a growing deficit. And a lot of us, like Eric, like me, we're fiscal conservatives. We want to make sure that we're not adding to that deficit problem while we do this pro growth economy and bring it, usher it back in. (02:24–02:29)

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Asserts that the federal debt is $36 trillion and the deficit is growing.

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