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Ron Johnson: “We need to bring everything back onto the budget.”

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

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Senator Johnson on Neil Cavuto -- 2/22/11

Published | Video Starts at 02:31

So. Well, the problem is we've walled off such a huge amount of our federal budget. Certainly I would agree with the Heritage foundation. We need to bring everything back onto the budget. I don't understand why Congress, why the administration has absolved itself of responsibility of taking a look at all spending and review that every year. I think that's one of the first. (02:31–02:34)

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Asserts the need to include all spending in the federal budget review.

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