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Ron DeSantis: “Congress did not reduce spending by one penny on net year…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Advocates for Federal Balanced Budget Amendment in Washington

Published | Video Starts at 03:26

We did an accelerated debt repayment program. We retired bonds early. We did all that. If you look at the amount of money I've line item vetoed, the previous … Congress did not reduce spending by one penny on net year over year. … I'm going to sign within the next few weeks after I do line item vetoes, it'll be the fourth straight year of spending reductions in the state of Florida. (03:26–03:31)

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Asserts that Congress failed to reduce spending by any amount year over year.

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