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Ron Johnson: “I appreciate the numbers that you were throwing out, $27.5 billion saved estimated over the next 10 years, but that is…”

On the recordApril 23, 2013
I appreciate the numbers that you were throwing out, $27.5 billion saved estimated over the next 10 years, but that is $2.7 billion divided by more than $700 billion. That is 0.35 percent. It is better than nothing, but it is not much better than nothing.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Senator Johnson critiques the savings estimate as minimal compared to overall spending.

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