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Ron Johnson: “We've gone from $642 billion in other mandatory [spending]…”

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

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Senate Committee Hearing on Federal Budget Accountability with Mr. Cooper and Mr. Yeeland

Published | Video Starts at 03:47

Last year we're going to increase 2, 3, 4% and then PAT ourselves in the back, I guess, when we don't increase it. While, by the way, we're we're sliding discretionary spending into other mandatory We've gone from $642 billion in other mandatory [spending] to 1.3 trillion this year. trillion this year. So again, with short time remaining, talk to me about how we can develop a process like the private sector to go line by line through the … (03:47–03:58)

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Asserts that other mandatory spending increased from $642 billion to $1.3 trillion.

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