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Ron Johnson: “Elon's been saying they've been uncovering about $4.5…”

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

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Discussion with Senator Ron Johnson on Federal Spending and Budget Reforms

Published | Video Starts at 05:07

I'm not aware of any recommendations of Doge savings through reconciliation, through other mandatory spending. And in terms of resistance, we've been hearing about a drum roll here. Underwhelming $9 billion now, Elon's been saying they've been uncovering about $4.5 billion a day. They're ahead of pace because he said about a trillion dollars by the end of the fiscal year. So they've been in office 100 days, 4.5 billion. That's $450 billion. (05:07–05:12)

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Asserts that Elon Musk claims to uncover $4.5 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse daily.

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