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Ron Johnson: “It's $800 billion below where we are right now, and it's…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson Speaks Out on Ukraine, the Budget and DOGE

Published | Video Starts at 12:10

Again, I've laid out Clinton, 1998, Obama 2014, even Trump's 2019. If you inflate that, you'd only be at 6.5 trillion. I still think that's too high. But It's $800 billion below where we are right now, and it's over half a trillion below where the House is trying to struggle passing a budget. Thanks so much for being with us, Senator Ron Johnson. I'm not saying that. I'm not saying the Senate's going to have a good easy time getting down that level, but at least our budget says 6 trillion, 61 billion. (12:10–12:20)

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Asserts that the inflated 2019 budget is $800 billion below current spending and over half a trillion below the House's budget.

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