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Steve Scalise: “The deficit is down because we cut $1.6 trillion in wasteful…”

Featuring: Steve Scalise, Republican | House Majority Leader, U.S. House Louisiana, District 1

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Published | Video Starts at 12:22

Interest rates are lower than where they were. You know what's up right now? Wages are actually higher than where they were two years ago. The deficit is down because we cut $1.6 trillion in wasteful spending. Every Democrat opposed that, by the way, because Democrats wanted to see a tax increase on every single working family in America. We stopped that from happening. (12:22–12:28)

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Asserts that the deficit has decreased due to a $1.6 trillion cut in wasteful spending.

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