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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

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

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