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On the recordAugust 2, 2009
I talked to one of my colleagues the other day, and we talked about how over the last 8 years we have increased our Nation's debt by, I think, more than we actually increased it in the first 208 years of our Nation's history.
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Thomas Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Discussing the significant increase in national debt over recent years.

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