Senator Ron Johnson Newsletter: The Ugly Truth About the Big Beautiful Bill. Also Biden DOJ Weaponization Investigation + COVID Data Possibly Destroyed + Community Building (05/13/25)

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Senator Johnson begins…

I'm sounding the alarm. 

At a bare minimum, the “One Big Beautiful Bill” shouldn’t INCREASE the annual deficit. With the meager spending reductions being discussed, I’m afraid it actually will. We must return to a reasonable pre-pandemic level of spending. 

I ran in 2010 because we were mortgaging our children's future. 

If someone in your family had an illness, and you had to borrow $50,000 for medical bills, would you keep borrowing that amount of money every year even after the health crisis has passed? That is what America is doing.

Summary (with an assist from Grok ai):

• Warns "One Big Beautiful Bill" may increase deficit due to insufficient spending cuts.

• Federal spending rose from $4.4 trillion (2019) to $7 trillion; calls for pre-pandemic levels.

• Praises Trump and Musk’s DOGE for exposing government waste, fraud, and abuse.

• Advocates multistep budget reconciliation in Wall Street Journal op-ed.

• Senate investigations: Biden admin’s role in Trump probes, DOJ’s January 6 sources, FBI’s Hunter Biden laptop handling.

• COVID-19 oversight: Concerns about CDC official deleting vaccine reaction files.

• Joseph Project in Milwaukee transforms lives through job interview preparation.

• Presented Senatorial Recognition to Upland Hills Health (Wisconsin) for 50th anniversary.

• Staff softball team, "Capitol Brew Crew," starts season with other congressional offices.