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Ron Johnson: “That's going to be an enormous increase by probably about…”

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 04:26

I would extend the current tax code and I'd increase the debt ceiling to give us a year. By the way, That's going to be an enormous increase by probably about two and a half trillion dollars just to get us into 2026. That ought to shock everybody. Then we sit down and then we do the hard work. I've proposed a budget review panel. Senators, House members, omb. (04:26–04:33)

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Asserts that increasing the debt ceiling will likely result in an increase of about $2.5 trillion to extend fiscal planning into 2026.

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