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David Schweikert: I have come behind this microphone, heaven knows how many times and shown the charts. We are borrowing $72,000 a second.…

On the recordMay 20, 2025
I have come behind this microphone, heaven knows how many times and shown the charts. We are borrowing $72,000 a second. We could borrow as much as $2.3 trillion this year. I am going to show some other things in here such as Moody's, and why they downgraded us, and show some of the things that are going on. On occasion I get this: What are your solutions? Then we always try to come in and say: Here is the technology chute where you can disrupt the cost of healthcare. Here is the technology where you could change the price of delivering government services. We started almost a year ago in my capacity on the Ways and Means Committee, chairing the Oversight Subcommittee. I now chair the Joint Economic Committee, and I thank Mr. Speaker because he helped me actually have the capacity of hiring a Ph.D. in healthcare economics.
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David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona

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Discussing national borrowing and potential solutions for healthcare costs during a speech.

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