Ron Johnson: “If you add the $100 billion of Medicare, Medicaid and the…”

“Quick back of the envelope calculation. In terms of payback, using your $40 billion figures, that's a 76 to 1 payback. Now, some of those may be one time savings, but If you add the $100 billion of Medicare, Medicaid and the other things you mentioned, that's a 268 to 1 payback. So I'd recommend that certainly all the committee members be somewhat supportive of making sure that the GAO is fully funded because it's a pretty effective payback. Senator Langford, thank you.” (04:27–04:37)

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