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Ron Johnson: “The maximum we ought to be spending this year is 6.5 and…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 07:31

I don't think we spent Too little in 2019. The trick is how do we in law, how do we legislate back to a reasonable pre pandemic level. From my standpoint, The maximum we ought to be spending this year is 6.5 and we're spending 7.3. You know, it's $800 billion Delta in the House, unfortunately. Listen, I understand the dynamic over there. Their budget resolution, you know, the big beautiful bill would take us from 7.3 to 7.1. (07:31–07:38)

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Asserts that the current spending is $7.3 trillion, which exceeds the proposed maximum of $6.5 trillion.

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