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Ron Johnson: “It's been an unprecedented increase in spending from 4.4 to…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson Discusses Federal Spending Cuts and Economic Growth Strategies

Published | Video Starts at 03:38

Growth continues to fund government and all this overregulation. Again, President Trump will cut regulation. I don't know who's going to be the president next four years. So this is our. One moment. It's been an unprecedented increase in spending from 4.4 to $7 trillion. 58%. We should be able to get it down to a reasonable Pre pandemic. Again, 4.4 to 6.5. It's still an enormous increase, but it's a reasonable thing we ought to do. (03:38–03:44)

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