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Ron Johnson: “When you're $37 trillion in debt, there's no room, there's…”

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

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Discussion with Senator Ron Johnson on American Spending, Trade, and Tariffs

Published | Video Starts at 09:21

Take a look at all these spending categories that have increased higher than the rates of inflation, population growth. There's. When you're $37 trillion in debt, there's no room, there's no justification for Spending above and beyond what you were spending one year plus inflation, plus population growth. There's no justification for it. Force these agencies to justify it. I just had to believe that's the only process that will control spending. And we have to maintain that process. (09:21–09:31)

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Asserts that the U.S. is $37 trillion in debt and should not spend beyond inflation and population growth rates.

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