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Ron Johnson: “We've just witnessed $4 trillion of bipartisan cooperation…”

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

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Sen. Ron Johnson on Squawk Box: We need to target relief

Published | Video Starts at 10:36

Do you think it could work at that point, or it sounds like you don't want to spend any more money on anything if you don't have to. What about infrastructure? Well, We've just witnessed $4 trillion of bipartisan cooperation. I don't think we had to allocate and authorize $4 trillion to address the COVID crisis. We need to spend some, which is why I supported $2.2 trillion that we did fast. We did it massively so that markets wouldn't collapse. I mean, we had to do that. (10:36–10:47)

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Asserts that $4 trillion was allocated for the COVID crisis, which he believes was unnecessary.

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