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Ron Johnson: “You could wipe out, I think, hundreds of billions of dollars…”

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

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Senator Ron Johnson Discusses Concerns Over Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill'

Published | Video Starts at 07:11

Put it back again. A reasonable Pre pandemic level, 4.4 to 6.5. That's eminently reasonable. It's eminently doable. If you do it line by line, You could wipe out, I think, hundreds of billions of dollars of spending and nobody would even notice it. The way the House is approaching it, though, start at 7, folks on a couple programs. Give CBO score, give the Democrats a big target to scream about. (07:11–07:17)

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