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Tom Emmer: “The debt ceiling is a false number.”

Featuring: Tom Emmer, Republican | Majority Whip, U.S. House, Minnesota's 6th District

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Interview with House Majority Whip Tom Emmer on Trump's Agenda and Congressional Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 02:29

But that doesn't mean that that's not going to change under the right circumstances. The issue that Republicans have had, and I think that Donald Trump has, is The debt ceiling is a false number. The bottom line is you got to get your spending under control and you got to have a plan to pay off the debt. (02:29–02:32)

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