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Ron Johnson: “We were looking for about 1.2 to $1.5 trillion in savings.”

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

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Senator Johnson Discusses Deficit Negotiations on Bloomberg

Published | Video Starts at 00:28

I know our guys and the folks on our side of the aisle, you're working in that committee are working hard to strike a deal. You know, Betty, it just shouldn't be that hard. We were looking for about 1.2 to $1.5 trillion in savings. I sent a letter to the committee within a week that showed about 1.4 had about 58 different items. And one thing I think is very important to talk about is nobody's really talking about cutting anything. (00:28–00:34)

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Asserts that the goal is to find $1.2 to $1.5 trillion in savings.

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