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David Schweikert: “I think it was intellectually lazy. I care about the debt, and at the same time move something as your pay-for that…”

On the recordNovember 7, 2023
I think it was intellectually lazy. I care about the debt, and at the same time move something as your pay-for that actually will have a multiplier of raising the debt.
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David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

Schweikert criticizes budget strategies that increase debt while claiming to address it.

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