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Ron Johnson: “We've never had a process to control spending in the federal…”

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

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There's, you know, it's not really related to the, the moment. It's, it's, it's missing the moment. Can I ask you, like, who came up with that number? Like, whose lie is that? We've never had a process to control spending in the federal government. We don't have a balanced budget requirement. I didn't realize this. Just found out. Do you know they established the appropriation committees because the authorizing committees were big spenders. So the appropriation committees were supposed to be the control on the big spenders. (33:32–33:39)

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Asserts that there is no existing process or requirement to control federal spending or balance the budget.

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