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On the recordMarch 2, 2010
We are now borrowing at a rate of about $4 billion a day to keep our Government in operation.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Ros-Lehtinen expresses concern over the government's borrowing rate.

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