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On the recordMay 25, 2010
If we look at our budget deficit that we face, from the years 2001 to 2008 we racked up as much new debt in those 8 years as we did in, I think, the previous 208 years of our Nation's history.
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Thomas Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Senator Carper highlights the significant increase in national debt over a recent eight-year period.

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