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Mike Johnson: “We're talking about cuts that are in the range of $2…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins The Source With Kaitlan Collins

Published | Video Starts at 02:27

Now no one is excusing that or fraud or any waste and abuse through. But, but you're looking for much larger than that. So where is the other 780 billion going to come from? Well, look, We're talking about cuts that are in the range of $2 trillion. But you're also talking about the whole of the federal government. We're going to involve 11 different committees of jurisdiction in this process. (02:27–02:30)

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