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Ron Johnson: “There are 2600 programs in the federal government.”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson Discusses Budget Reconciliation and Medicaid Reform on Tudor Dixon Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 10:49

… doge like from a standpoint of you can't defend this and again, when you've gone from $4.4 trillion in 2019 to over $7 trillion this year, 58% increase, and have There are 2600 programs in the federal government. did you know that? 2600, I've got to believe there are hundreds of billions of dollars and hundreds of programs that if you just eliminate them, nobody would know, nobody … (10:49–11:03)

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