Senator Ron Johnson

and get 100, 200 forensic auditors and just go through this line by line. And again, my proposal was having this budget review panel, senators, House members, members of the administration, OMB. Then you basically set up the process just like you do in a business. Here's your budget review sheet.

and get 100, 200 forensic auditors and just go through this line by line. And again, my proposal was having this budget review panel, senators, House members, members of the administration, OMB. Then you basically set up the process just like you do in a business. Here's your budget review sheet.

Then you bring the department heads, their financial gurus in front of this budget review panel, just justify your spending. But again, I would be comparing it to outlays under Clinton plused up, outlays under Obama plused up, outlays under Trump plused up. Go through every line and go, first of all, why are you spending more than even Trump? Why are you spending more than Obama or Clinton?

Then you bring the department heads, their financial gurus in front of this budget review panel, just justify your spending. But again, I would be comparing it to outlays under Clinton plused up, outlays under Obama plused up, outlays under Trump plused up. Go through every line and go, first of all, why are you spending more than even Trump? Why are you spending more than Obama or Clinton?

Plus, why are you spending any money at all on this? But you have to go through the work so you need the time. I've been proposing this now for months. Nobody's put in the effort. OMB said we don't have enough time. And I realize they're busy. The House said, we've been working on this for a year. We're satisfied with our numbers. We didn't have the time.

Plus, why are you spending any money at all on this? But you have to go through the work so you need the time. I've been proposing this now for months. Nobody's put in the effort. OMB said we don't have enough time. And I realize they're busy. The House said, we've been working on this for a year. We're satisfied with our numbers. We didn't have the time.

The Senate, really, the Senate leadership is the only one that's been fully behind what I'm trying to do here. But we can't do it alone. I mean, I can't do it. I don't have the budget expertise. So it literally is it's getting the commitment of the president.

The Senate, really, the Senate leadership is the only one that's been fully behind what I'm trying to do here. But we can't do it alone. I mean, I can't do it. I don't have the budget expertise. So it literally is it's getting the commitment of the president.

that he is determined to not keep funding the deep state at buying levels, return to a reasonable pre-pandemic level of spending, and then get his OMB fully behind this effort. This has got to be the biggest effort on budget ever. And then set the thing up, show it works, and then hopefully maintain it over the years. I can't think of anything. We've tried all this other stuff. It never worked.

that he is determined to not keep funding the deep state at buying levels, return to a reasonable pre-pandemic level of spending, and then get his OMB fully behind this effort. This has got to be the biggest effort on budget ever. And then set the thing up, show it works, and then hopefully maintain it over the years. I can't think of anything. We've tried all this other stuff. It never worked.

I appreciate you having me on. I will say one thing that is different about me than others. I'd rather go home. That's a significant difference. When you'd rather, I'd rather return to my private sector life than keep serving here in this total dysfunction. That is what, again, I can't be pressured by President Trump. I can't.

I appreciate you having me on. I will say one thing that is different about me than others. I'd rather go home. That's a significant difference. When you'd rather, I'd rather return to my private sector life than keep serving here in this total dysfunction. That is what, again, I can't be pressured by President Trump. I can't.

I mean, he's not going to flip me just by the force of his argument or any kind of political pressure. There's no pressure he can apply to me. He's willing to sit down with me, look at the numbers, acknowledge them, working forward in a reasonable plan forward. That's the only way he's going to get my support.

I mean, he's not going to flip me just by the force of his argument or any kind of political pressure. There's no pressure he can apply to me. He's willing to sit down with me, look at the numbers, acknowledge them, working forward in a reasonable plan forward. That's the only way he's going to get my support.