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Ron DeSantis: “I mentioned us reducing Florida's debt by 50%.”

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Governor DeSantis Advocates for Federal Balanced Budget Amendment in Washington

Published June 4, 2026 | Video Starts at 46:10

So it would be. Congress probably wouldn't like that. Although they did pass it in the 90s statutorily. But I could tell you as governor I mentioned us reducing Florida's debt by 50%. Paying down the amount we use to pay that down is almost the exact same amount of money I have line item vetoed since I've been governor. (46:10–46:15)

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Asserts that Florida's debt was reduced by 50% during his tenure as governor.

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“Since I became governor, we've retired more than half of [Florida's] debt accumulated in 181 years.”
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“I did three and a half billion [dollars in line item vetoes] in one year.”
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“Congress did not reduce spending by one penny on net year over year.”
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“This budget that I'm going to sign...it'll be the fourth straight year of spending reductions in the state of Florida.”
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“This [constitutional intervention by the states] is the best vehicle that has a chance of actually coming to fruition.”
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“We're doing Everglades restoration, accelerated road projects, we're raising salaries for police and teacher.”
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“We're lowering taxes and we still get this revenue coming in.”
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“In the late 90s...we were very close to passing [a balanced budget amendment]...one vote away in the Senate.”
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“We're basically just acknowledging that we're going to end up having a major crisis on our hands.”
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“We've got a lot of states that want to do this.”
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“Congress tomorrow could propose something [an amendment] still isn't part of the Constitution until you get ratification by 3/4 of the…”
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“What we're doing is just getting the states a threshold of states where you can propose a balanced budget amendment.”
Governor DeSantis Advocates for Federal Balanced Budget Amendment in Washington | Uploaded June 4, 2026 | 07:43-07:52
“States do not have power through Article 5 to actually change [the Constitution]. They can propose, just like Congress can propose.”
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“You end up with omnibus continuing resolutions, you end up with just more of the same.”
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“There's no constraints on [Congress] doing more of the same.”
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“If the Doge had come in and they had really upended Washington and changed the trajectory, that would probably have taken some of the wind…”
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“We got to do something bigger than that [to handle the spending problem].”
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“Pretty much every state has a balanced budget requirement.”
Governor DeSantis Advocates for Federal Balanced Budget Amendment in Washington | Uploaded June 4, 2026 | 39:06-39:09
“We were reducing spending, we've cut debt.”
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“We don't have an income tax.”
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“It requires two thirds of the legislature to raise taxes or fees in Florida.”
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“We are having bad inflation problems because of this spending.”
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“We racked up so much debt and haven't had a massive crisis.”
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“The amount we use to pay that down is almost the exact same amount of money I have line item vetoed since I've been governor.”
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“Clearly, the way Washington does business with the omnibus has been a total disaster.”
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