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Mike Johnson: “We're going to extend the Trump era tax cuts because…”

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 02:12

I think there's concern about how to get it all paid for. Because while at the same time we want to extend the tax cuts, and we will, We're going to extend the Trump era tax cuts because otherwise, Leland, we'll have the largest tax increase in US History hit here at the end of the year. 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. (02:12–02:20)

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Asserts that not extending the Trump era tax cuts will result in the largest tax increase in US history.

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