Senator Ron Johnson
U.S. Senator, United States Senate. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Ron Johnson is a Republican politician who has represented Wisconsin in the U.S. Senate since 2011, serving as Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee from 2015 to 2021. Prior to politics, he spent over three decades in manufacturing as the CEO of PACUR, an Oshkosh-based plastics manufacturer.
1shows
1appearances
26statements
6resolved
3supported
1contradicted
50%fully supported
Everything Senator Ron Johnson said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Sen. Johnson projects U.S. national debt will reach $62 to $63 trillion
“The CBO projection right now that is adding another 22 trillion dollars to our debt, it certainly would add at least that. I would argue probably add another three or four trillion dollars, so it's not gonna be 59 trillion, it's gonna be more like 62, 63 trill…”
Sen. Johnson: Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' exacerbates America's debt crisis
“That's just the wishful thinking of people putting forward a policy, a one big beautiful bill that doesn't live up to its name, but actually Actually exacerbates the problem.”
Sen. Johnson: Carried interest is ordinary income, not capital gains
“I always ask them, can you explain to me why that's not ordinary income? And they can't. It is ordinary income.”
Sen. Johnson: Donald Trump is not focused on reducing federal spending
“I don't think President Trump, he's doing all kinds of great things, he's not focused on reducing spending.”
Sen. Johnson calls the Senate budget reconciliation process 'a charade'
“So again, the process is complete. It's by and large a charade, ok?”
Sen. Johnson: The MAGA movement's greatest danger is being tied to Trump
“The greatest danger of MAGA is it's really tied toward one individual.”
Sen. Johnson: Donald Trump cannot pressure me to support the budget bill
“There's no, there's nothing that President Trump can do to pressure me, other than, start work with me, acknowledge the numbers.”
Sen. Johnson: Republicans risk losing House and Senate by ignoring spending
“Listen, I'm not, I don't discount the fact that we may lose the House, we may lose the Senate, but I would say we do that because we're not solving these problems. We're going to be looked at as unserious.”
Senator Johnson proposes extending current tax law and 1-year debt ceiling extension
“Provide the border funding. I would just extend current tax law. I mean, I would have voted for that if we would have been smart enough to use current policy back then. We wouldn't be even having this conversation. Extend current tax law. It takes an automatic…”
Sen. Ron Johnson: Congress will not close the carried interest loophole
“Yeah, my guess is just not going to happen.”
Sen. Johnson: Elon Musk said DOGE cuts do not need congressional approval
“He doesn't seem to have the time and quite honestly, in a personal conversation, he said, well, we don't have to do that.”
Sen. Johnson: Enough senators demand $6.5T spending cap to block budget bill
“Right now the hard number accepted by and expected by a lot of senators, enough to not pass this until we achieve it, is 6.5 trillion dollars in spending in 2026.”
Sen. Johnson: Republicans are blowing key chance to cut federal spending
“This is our one opportunity, and right now we're blowing it, and I'm gonna do everything I can to make sure we don't blow it.”
Senator Johnson: Republicans advocating zero-based budgeting won't accept $5.5T baseline
“You've always heard these Republican members of Congress running for office saying we're going to go to zero based budget. They're not even willing to go to 5.5 to 6.5 level baseline of budget.”
Sen. Johnson: Tax cuts on tips and overtime will not grow economy
“You gotta recognize these other tax cuts, they're not gonna grow the economy.”
Sen. Johnson: Debt-to-assets ratio is more relevant than debt-to-GDP
“Our debt to GDP ratio is probably not the most relevant, is relevant for inflation, that type of thing, but, you know, debt to total assets is probably the more relevant.”
Sen. Ron Johnson: U.S. risks severe inflation from deficit spending, not bankruptcy
“I'm not concerned about America going bankrupt because we have this vast wealth. I'm concerned about us being insolvent in sparking massive inflation and just wiping out people's savings, making it very impossible for them to live and retire.”
Sen. Ron Johnson aligns more with Tea Party than Republican Party
“I still view myself more Tea Party than Republican Party.”
Sen. Ron Johnson: 'Other mandatory' spending will stay above $1T
“This year it's going to be over a trillion dollars and it's going to keep, you know, pretty much at that level as far as the eye can see.”
Sen. Johnson notes CBO projects a $22 trillion ten-year deficit
“We're not talking about the numbers we should be talking about, which is a ten-year deficit projected by CBO of 22 trillion dollars Averaging 2.2 trillion dollars a year.”
Sen. Johnson: U.S. federal spending grew from $4.4T to $6.5T since 2018
“We had gone from 4.4 trillion in 2018 up to 6.5, and we've never looked back.”
Sen. Johnson: U.S. federal spending is projected at $7.3 trillion next year
“Right now we're expected to spend about 7.3 trillion next year.”
Sen. Johnson names Mike Lee and Rick Scott as allies against budget
“My other allies for sure in this thing are Mike Lee and Rick Scott.”
Sen. Johnson: Biden averaged $1.9T annual deficits, doubling Obama and Trump
“Obama, his average, he averaged about nine hundred billion dollars a year deficit. Trump, before the pandemic, is about eight hundred billion. You know, but Biden's up to almost two trillion, it's 1.9 trillion dollars average deficit.”
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