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Jeff Flake: “I think any impact there will be is dwarfed by the impact of having a $1.5 trillion deficit and a $14 trillion debt and…”

On the recordFebruary 16, 2011
I think any impact there will be is dwarfed by the impact of having a $1.5 trillion deficit and a $14 trillion debt and what happens to us as a country if we continue to run that kind of deficit and debt.
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Jeff Flake
Republican · Arizona
Source
govinfo.gov
Feb 16, 2011

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is discussing the implications of national debt and deficit.

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