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Tom Tiffany: “It's 5 trillion. This stuff is measured over 10 years.”

Featuring: Tom Tiffany, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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Ben Dryden Chats With Congressman Tom Tiffany On DrydenWire Live!

Published | Video Starts at 20:39

I'm like, okay, Holy cow, here's $5 trillion that we could save. So now let's be real clear here. And once again, it's a little bit of the inside baseball stuff. It's 5 trillion. This stuff is measured over 10 years. This is how the Congressional Budget Office and other bean counters that we have in the congressional offices, they do this stuff over 10 years. But it's 5 trillion over 10 years. (20:39–20:43)

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Asserts that the $5 trillion in potential budget cuts is measured over a 10-year period.

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