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Ron Johnson: “79 senators voted against [the medical device tax] that has…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Johnson on MSNBC's Morning Joe

Published | Video Starts at 08:12

I'd like to see the House attached to that rejection, to the CR rejection, that OPM ruling. And we really should repeal the medical device tax. I mean, 79 senators voted against [the medical device tax] that has stopped investment in medical devices, that is shipping jobs overseas. So we probably ought to start dismantling the most damaging aspects of the health care law, recognizing it's in place. We've got to start harming the American people. (08:12–08:19)

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Asserts that 79 senators voted against the medical device tax, which allegedly stops investment and ships jobs overseas.

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