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Ron Johnson: “We're reducing spending here about 1.5, 1.6 trillion over 10…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson Discusses Federal Spending Cuts and NPR Funding on Salem Radio Network

Published | Video Starts at 03:18

And although the speaker is right, this is historic amount of spending reduction. The problem is spending increases are an order of magnitude worse. We increased spending $2.1 trillion in one year. We're reducing spending here about 1.5, 1.6 trillion over 10 years. Again, it's a good start. But one of the things I got out of the process was an involvement in a budget efficiency review process where, where we will go … (03:18–03:23)

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