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Ron Johnson: “We can either cut the spending through a rescission process…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 02:13

Well, he certainly has potentially some impoundment powers that will be figured out by the court. But generally, what Elon Musk is uncovering, we're going to have to codify that. And We can either cut the spending through a rescission process that starts with the White House...or through our reconciliation process. The good news, I was in the White House with President Trump yesterday laying out my idea, my concept of how we can return to pre pandemic levels of government … (02:13–02:23)

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Asserts that spending can be cut through rescission or reconciliation processes.

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