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Ron Johnson: “Having a president offer a 10 year budget that will increase…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson Announces his Support for Senator Toomey's Budget

Published | Video Starts at 01:02

The other thing we need is we need to partner with. I think one of my greatest disappointments is we have not seen leadership since I've arrived here. We need a president to lead. And Having a president offer a 10 year budget that will increase our national debt by over $13 trillion simply is not leadership. And we also need our Democratic colleagues in the Senate and in the House to get serious. (01:02–01:10)

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Asserts that the president's 10-year budget proposal would increase the national debt by over $13 trillion.

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