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Richard Shelby: “The Congressional Budget Office projects debt to reach 102 percent of GDP by the end of this year and 200 percent by…”

On the recordMay 25, 2021
The Congressional Budget Office projects debt to reach 102 percent of GDP by the end of this year and 200 percent by 2051 under current policies unless there are changes.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby cites projections of future federal debt growth.

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