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Ron Johnson: “There are over 2,600 programs in the federal government.”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson Discusses Federal Reconciliation Budget Bill and Economic Policies

Published | Video Starts at 06:44

That's what I've been suggesting and pretty well requiring is we need a process to control spending. Go line by line, program by program. There's There are over 2,600 programs in the federal government. My belief is we could eliminate hundreds of those programs, probably eliminate hundreds of billions of spending that nobody would even notice except for the grifters who are sucking down the waste, fraud and abuse. (06:44–06:47)

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