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Mike Johnson: “We have to be good stewards of the public fisc.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 07:13

And so those are things that have to be factored in with, with regard to the level of aid and whether there are conditions upon that or safeguards. You might say We have to be good stewards of the public fisc. So it's a brand new situation. It is a brand new idea to combine that in some way with the funding decisions we have to make. (07:13–07:17)

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Asserts the importance of fiscal responsibility in government spending.

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