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Ron Johnson: “We would have already had the border funding, we would have…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson Discusses Spending Bill and Deficit Concerns

Published | Video Starts at 08:38

You know, the process has just begun here in the Senate and I'm just trying to make this a whole lot better. All right. And that's your job already. We would have already had the border funding, we would have already extended current taxes, take that tax increase off the table had we done it. In my approach, President Trump decided one big beautiful bill. But again, if it's a one and done bill, we're really short, short changing ourselves here and we're really blowing a historic opportunity. (08:38–08:46)

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Asserts that border funding and tax extensions would have been achieved with a different approach.

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