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Ron Johnson: “We primarily concentrated on the budget issues, entitlement…”

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

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Senator Johnson Discusses White House Meeting on Federal Spending

Published | Video Starts at 00:41

So it pretty intimate gathering. There were 12 senators, president, a couple staff members, and it was a very open, honest, sincere, general discussion. What did you talk about? We primarily concentrated on the budget issues, entitlement reform, tax reform, all the issues that we're going to have to discuss and gain agreement on if we're going to put this country on a sustainable path. So it wasn't a negotiation. It was just really a very open discussion of all the issues that we have to, you know, really, really work on. (00:41–00:56)

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Asserts that budget issues, entitlement reform, and tax reform are necessary for a sustainable path for the country.

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