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Ron Johnson

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Ron Harold Johnson is an American businessman and politician currently serving as the junior United States senator from Wisconsin, a position he has held since January 3, 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Johnson has focused on issues such as fiscal responsibility, healthcare reform, and government accountability during his tenure in the Senate. He has been an outspoken advocate for reducing the federal deficit and has often emphasized the need for economic growth through private sector initiatives.

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Jun 16, 2015

Our mission statement to enhance the economic and national security of America.

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Jun 16, 2015

How about we incentivize and celebrate success rather than demonize and demagogue against it.

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Jun 16, 2015

We first have to lead by telling the truth and laying out the realities.

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Jun 16, 2015

I actually decided I could afford to leave my business and run for the U.S. Senate.

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Jun 16, 2015

We have done about 81 percent of Simpson-Bowles.

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Jun 16, 2015

We do not have a 10-year budget window problem. We have a 30-year demographic problem.

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Jun 16, 2015

The problem is, a U.S. Government bond is a liability to the Treasury.

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Jun 16, 2015

You want an example of demagoguery? Paul Ryan puts forward a proposal on Medicare.

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Jun 16, 2015

The entire net private asset base of America is $110 trillion.

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Jun 16, 2015

Social Security over the next 30 years will pay out about $15 trillion more in benefits than it takes in the payroll tax.

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Jun 16, 2015

The first decade, CBO estimates about $9 trillion of deficit.

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Jun 16, 2015

It starts with agreement. It starts with agreeing on the figures.

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Jun 16, 2015

I think you all realize that without Presidential leadership, we cannot do big things in this country.

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Jun 16, 2015

It is already paying more out in benefits than it is taking in the payroll tax.

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Jun 16, 2015

We have to use real information. We have to get away from demagoguery. We are only going to solve these problems with the truth.

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Jun 16, 2015

That is not being honest with the American public.

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Jun 15, 2015

This is not a partisan issue. This is a management issue.

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Jun 15, 2015

I am certainly committed to working with you and the gentlemen here, our witnesses, to bring some reform to this issue.

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Jun 15, 2015

I do not want to let this moment pass.

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Jun 15, 2015

I think one lesson learned is sometimes it is very difficult to achieve one goal.

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Jun 10, 2015

Well, again, that is why we set up our whistleblower@RonJohnson.senate.gov, just throw that plug out there.

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Jun 10, 2015

The purpose of this hearing is to highlight so the American people understand and so that this Committee understands...

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Jun 10, 2015

I agree with the goal of the Lloyd-LaFollette Act, an anti-retaliation law that created a no-exceptions right to communicate with Congress.

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Jun 10, 2015

I appreciate the courage of anybody willing to step forward and risk that kind of retaliation...

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