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Ron Johnson: “We're spending 4400 billion in 2019, now we're spending 7000…”

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

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Discussion with Senator Ron Johnson on Federal Spending and Budget Reforms

Published | Video Starts at 07:49

And I really can't give you the full answer then, other than it's, isn't it obvious, based on what Elon's already found scratching the surface, that we ought to be able to find hundreds of billions again? When you We're spending 4400 billion in 2019, now we're spending 7000 billion dollars. again. I got to believe it. Now if it's not there, I'll roll over and say, okay, that's as good as we can do. (07:49–07:57)

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Asserts that federal spending increased from $4.4 trillion in 2019 to $7 trillion.

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