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Ron Johnson: “It's a debt that is owed to the federal government.”

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

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Chairman Johnson's Remarks for HSGAC Nominations Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 26:23

… for the amount we put a debit, we put a, put it in our debit balance and then we don't pay. Right. So it's like a joke. So it's, it's, It's a debt that is owed to the federal government. So it's really, it's really not pre funded. It's, it's pre funded on the extent that now you've got a liability of the post office, you know, to the federal government. (26:23–26:26)

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Asserts that the pre-funding requirement for the Post Office's retirement health benefits is a debt owed to the federal government.

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