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Johnny Isakson: when you get to $20 trillion, you are talking about real money, as Everett Dirksen said a few years ago in Washington.

On the recordJanuary 2, 2018
when you get to $20 trillion, you are talking about real money, as Everett Dirksen said a few years ago in Washington.
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Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia

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Isakson references Dirksen to emphasize the seriousness of national debt.

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