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Ron Johnson: “My proposal would save something like $8 trillion over 10…”

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

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Discussion with Senator Ron Johnson on Prescription Drug Pricing and Economic Policies

Published | Video Starts at 08:10

I provided options ranging somewhere between 5.5 and 6.5 trillion compared to the 7 trillion we'll spend this year and maybe 7, 2, 7, 3 trillion next year. So My proposal would save something like $8 trillion over 10 years. So from my standpoint, we're a long way from being where we need to be in this once in a lifetime opportunity to shrink the size of government back to a pre pandemic level. (08:10–08:16)

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