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Ron Johnson: “I'm the only one talking about actually operating under debt…”

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

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Senator Johnson with Neil Cavuto

Published | Video Starts at 00:48

That if you're going to vote to increase the debt limit, it's got to be a like dollar amount in planned spending cuts. Right. I'll tell you, listen, here's my pledge. You know, I'm the only one talking about actually operating under debt ceiling budget. I'm going to do everything I possibly can to make sure we don't increase the debt ceiling until we actually fix the problem. (00:48–00:53)

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Asserts that he is the only one discussing operating under a debt ceiling budget.

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