Ron Johnson: “In 2019, we spent about $200 billion a year on veterans.”

“That's not a bill that's going to spend 70, $75 billion that I'd just be rammed through by unanimous consent, no debate, no committee process. To add a little context to this, In 2019, we spent about $200 billion a year on veterans. It's about $11,500 per veteran. That's just benefits. This year, we'll spend about $435 billion on veterans, about $28,000 per veteran. Nobody in Washington knows that. We haven't concentrated on that.” (03:35–03:40)

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