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Ron Johnson: “Obviously you are a creature of Congress here, as is the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Would those be the two…”

On the recordMay 24, 2011
Obviously you are a creature of Congress here, as is the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Would those be the two agencies that would try and develop those types of plans, just in case?
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Senator Johnson discusses the role of Congress and CBO in developing contingency plans for the debt ceiling.

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