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Ron Johnson: “The fact that we're still toying around with funding this…”

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Ron Johnson at Budget Committee -- March 15

Published March 15, 2011 | Video Starts at 00:55

I want to talk a little bit in terms of the current cer. From my standpoint, one of the ways you get economic growth is to restore confidence. And The fact that we're still toying around with funding this fiscal year's budget is just amazing to me. So the House has proposed a $61 billion cut to real spending. I believe that would be a real confidence boost. (00:55–01:04)

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Asserts that the current handling of the fiscal year's budget is inadequate.

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