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On the recordMarch 16, 2011
Well, could I ask you this question. Did Mr. Lew or the President of the United States, when they made that statement, 'We will not be adding to the debt,' did they say, by the way, American people, what we really mean is some arcane idea about not counting interest payments that the United States must make as part of our debt?
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions questions the clarity of statements about not adding to the debt.

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