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Tony Wied: “The amount of spending and the wasteful spending, reckless…”

Featuring: Tony Wied, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 8

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Rep. Tony Wied sits down with Chief Political Reporter Jason Zimmerman about the 2026 Republican...

Published | Video Starts at 01:29

I just drove by and I mean, it's significantly less than it was a year ago. Is it happening fast enough? Well, we're working as fast as we can. These are, you know, The amount of spending and the wasteful spending, reckless spending when Democrats had control over the last four years. It takes a little bit, but you're going to continue to see that decrease. And that's our goal, is the economy. That's my goal. (01:29–01:37)

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Asserts that there was reckless spending when Democrats controlled Congress over the last four years.

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