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James Hill: We talk in terms of billions, sometimes trillions of dollars. For people who may be listening in their living room…

On the recordMay 20, 2003
We talk in terms of billions, sometimes trillions of dollars. For people who may be listening in their living room, maybe eating dinner to the debate that is going on here this evening, why is this an important issue to them? Why should they care about this?
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James Hill
Republican · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the significance of fiscal issues during a debate.

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