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Steve Womack: “I hope you are right, Madam Secretary, that it is short-lived, but because of the amount of money that is in this…”

On the recordFebruary 15, 2021
I hope you are right, Madam Secretary, that it is short-lived, but because of the amount of money that is in this pipeline that is going to go for years to come, I am afraid that this amount of Federal spending is going to keep the inflationary spirals for a while.
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Steve Womack
Republican · Arkansas

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Womack expresses concern over federal spending leading to prolonged inflation.

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