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Ron Johnson: “We should utilize our energy resources that provide royalty…”

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

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Senator Johnson on The Kudlow Report Jan 7, 2014

Published | Video Starts at 02:04

That's a number that's larger than all but 80 economies in the world have to do that. We have to have a competitive tax environment. You mentioned Keystone XL pipeline. We should utilize our energy resources that provide royalty to the government. It would put people to work. So it's not rocket science what we have to do. But politically with this president, he's not willing to do those things. (02:04–02:09)

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