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David Schweikert: Exactly, Madam Speaker. States are going to be a real issue, and then different lobbying organizations and different…

On the recordJanuary 14, 2020
Exactly, Madam Speaker. States are going to be a real issue, and then different lobbying organizations and different constituencies. Guess what? We don't have a choice. The single biggest threat to our Nation is the massive wave of debt that is here. One of our charts, in just a decade or two, we are running $2\1/2\ trillion, almost approaching $3 trillion, deficits. It is almost all solely driven by our demographics. We have gotten older.
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David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona
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Jan 14, 2020

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