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Rick Scott: “We're spending more money on interest than we are on our…”

Featuring: Rick Scott, Republican | U.S. Senate, Florida

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Published | Video Starts at 05:52

So I think a lot of the people I talk to in the House that are really frustrated, I mean, they want to go through and really fight over spending bills and, and, and we have to understand We're spending more money on interest than we are on our defense. This isn't, this is not sustainable, $35 trillion worth of debt. So I think, I think that, you know, you have people that want to continue to spend and you have people that want to start rein in spending. (05:52–05:55)

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Asserts that the U.S. spends more on interest payments than on defense.

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