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Ron Johnson: “Have a process for, for starting to bend that deficit…”

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

Senator Ron Johnson Discusses Spending Bill and Deficit Concerns

Published June 11, 2025 | Video Starts at 10:26

We don't want to increase. We want to fund the border. We want to take what spending reduction that the House has already pocketed and just do do more and again Have a process for, for starting to bend that deficit trajectory down, which this bill doesn't do, unfortunately. All right, Senator, we really appreciate you taking the time and we'll talk again soon, I hope. Thank you. Have a great day. Thank you for watching. (10:26–10:33)

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Asserts that the current bill does not reduce the deficit trajectory.

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“The bill delivered by the House is only going to cut taxes for 5% American businesses.”
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“Deficits just continue to increase from about 2, 2.2 trillion in the next four years up to about, I think, 2.9 trillion.”
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“You literally have to get to about 4% growth before you start bending that deficit curve down.”
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“That compares to a $22 trillion deficit.”
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“If you extend the tax taxes, they admit that the baseline goes up to about $25 trillion.”
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“It might reduce the deficit by about 10%.”
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“The tariff revenue is very problematic. It's being tested in the court whether President Trump really has this executive power.”
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“I want a commitment to a reasonable pre pandemic level and a process, a really strong, robust process to achieve and maintain it.”
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“We would have already had the border funding, we would have already extended current taxes, take that tax increase off the table had we done…”
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“Yeah, we're not going to increase taxes.”
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“We don't want to increase. We want to fund the border.”
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“We want to take what spending reduction that the House has already pocketed and just do do more.”
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