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

Senator Ron Johnson Remarks on One Year Anniversary of 'Recovery Summer'

Published June 16, 2011 | Video Starts at 03:17

And the first thing we have to do, though, is we've got to stop the bankrupting of America. And I'm just here today as one senator, one out of 100, one out of 535. I'm going to do everything I possibly can to prevent us increasing that debt ceiling until we actually fix the problem. So thank you. And here's Senator Ayotte. (03:17–03:27)

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Asserts intent to oppose increasing the debt ceiling without addressing underlying issues.

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