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Ron Johnson: “When you've gone from $4.4 trillion in 2019 to over $7…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson Discusses Budget Reconciliation and Medicaid Reform on Tudor Dixon Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 10:39

… for Social Security, Medicare, we won't touch, we won't examine those, but go through and expose it very doge like from a standpoint of you can't defend this and again, When you've gone from $4.4 trillion in 2019 to over $7 trillion this year, 58% increase. and have 2600 programs in the federal government, did you know that? 2600, I've got to believe there are hundreds of billions of dollars and hundreds of programs that if … (10:39–10:46)

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Asserts that federal spending increased by 58% from $4.4 trillion in 2019 to over $7 trillion.

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