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Ron Johnson: “The Corker Hoven amendment just throws another $40 billion…”

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

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Senator Johnson Discusses Immigration Reform on Bloomberg's In the Loop

Published | Video Starts at 06:15

And so that's why I think it makes a lot more sense to break this down into component parts. You know, debate each particular part of this thing. I mean what happened right over the weekend was The Corker Hoven amendment just throws another $40 billion of border enforcement, another 20,000 government employees. It also, it's not a real thoughtful approach from my standard. It also threw another 200 pages. I understand. (06:15–06:22)

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