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Ron Johnson: “I'm far more concerned about our budget deficit of 2…”

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

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Senate Finance Committee Discussion on Trade Deficits and Tariff Policies

Published | Video Starts at 03:51

We're at 4.2. I've been in manufacturing since late 70s. You couldn't hire enough people in manufacturing back then. Situations even got worse. So I would argue that I'm far more concerned about our budget deficit of 2 trillion. And I realized the trade deficit, we have problems with that. But I think a bigger problem is we don't have enough workers. (03:51–03:55)

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Asserts concern over the U.S. budget deficit being $2 trillion.

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