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Ron Johnson: “The Senate got its hands on that piece of legislation and…”

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'Numbers Are Meaningless To Veterans Who Are Deprived Of Benefits': Blumenthal, Ron Johnson Spar

Published | Video Starts at 13:48

When the House passed their version of the PAC act, the cbo scores for $322 billion over 10 years. The Senate got its hands on that piece of legislation and the score was $667 billion. The current 10 year window is over $700 billion. That's not chump change. That's approaching a trillion dollars over 10 years. Now, again, it's not like we're spending less on veterans, even though our veteran population is declining. (13:48–13:56)

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