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Scott Peters: “We risk spending more on paying off our debt than we spend on children by next year.”

On the recordNovember 13, 2019
We risk spending more on paying off our debt than we spend on children by next year.
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Scott Peters
Democratic · California

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Peters warns about the rising debt and its impact on future spending priorities.

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