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Ron Johnson: “When previous Congresses passed the Affordable Care and…”

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

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Chairman Johnson's remarks at the HSGAC hearing on regulatory reform

Published | Video Starts at 07:15

I always use this example. This is. I asked staff to do this about a year ago. So they're not up to date figures, but When previous Congresses passed the Affordable Care and Patient Protection Affordable Care act, it was 380,000 words a year ago. That act now is about 12 million words. So 308,000 to 12 million. Dodd Frank, when passed was about 350,000 words. And a year ago, up to about 15 million words. (07:15–07:30)

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