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Ron Johnson: “Elective procedures for one person could be somebody's life…”

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

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DC Wrap Interview Series: U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson

Published | Video Starts at 06:19

By and large we haven't. What we've done instead is greatly underwhelmed them to the point where they've lost all kinds of revenue. Elective procedures for one person could be somebody's life saving treatment or life saving diagnostics. So we need to recognize that moving forward we need to keep as much of our economy open as possible, as safely as possible and we are going to need some programs. (06:19–06:25)

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