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Ron Johnson: “You cut it in half, you're still double the cost.”

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

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Chairman Johnson remarks at HSGAC hearing on avoiding government duplication

Published | Video Starts at 17:30

… was going to do, which I think put pressure on the State Department to scale back, not do not even do the full plan that FLETC will actually provide. So You cut it in half, you're still double the cost. And you come before the committee and you don't have a clue what your per week training cost is going to be, what your lodging costs are going to be. (17:30–17:34)

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Asserts that even after cutting costs in half, it is still double the original cost.

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