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Ron Johnson: “We have the capability of printing money, which we're doing…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson on the Senate showdown over Trump's Big Beautiful Bill | All-In Interview

Published | Video Starts at 06:01

Well, right now we don't really have one. Again, let's just go through why we've never had a process to control spending. We don't have a balanced budget requirement like states do. And We have the capability of printing money, which we're doing, incurring this enormous debt. So we don't have a balanced budget requirement. I didn't realize this until just recently. The appropriation committees were literally set up because the authorized committees were big spenders. (06:01–06:06)

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Asserts that the federal government is printing money, contributing to enormous debt.

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