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Ron Johnson: “We stopped increasing the regulatory burden, actually…”

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

Johnson Discusses North Korea and Trade on CNN

Published March 12, 2018 | Video Starts at 04:17

You know what's unfortunate, Jim, is in Wisconsin, I just traveled the last two days talking to all kinds of folks. Confidence had really been building. We stopped increasing the regulatory burden, actually started reducing the regulatory burden. We made American businesses more competitive. We gave real tax cuts to Wisconsinites and Americans. There's really growing level of optimism because we were returning certainty to the American and Wisconsin economy. (04:17–04:23)

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