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On the recordApril 21, 2010
the idea that we have $12 trillion of debt on our balance sheet, but we haven't been able to make somehow the kind of investments that everybody here is talking about in our human capital and the infrastructure in this country, really does make people scratch their head and say, 'What in the world is going on back here?'
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

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Bennet highlights the contradiction of high debt versus lack of investment in infrastructure and education.

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