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Ron Johnson: “We've gone from $556 million in 2010 to 480 million in 2013…”

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Sen. Johnson at HSGAC hearing on GAO's 2015 List of High Risk Government Programs

Published February 11, 2015 | Video Starts at 04:08

… about cutting budgets and all we're really talking about is reducing the rate of growth in spending. Unfortunately, the GAO is one of these agencies where we've actually cut spending. We've gone from $556 million in 2010 to 480 million in 2013 and 522 in 2014 [in GAO funding]. 014. Quick back of the envelope calculation. In terms of payback, using your $40 billion figures, that's a 76 to 1 payback. (04:08–04:18)

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Asserts changes in GAO funding from 2010 to 2014.

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