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Ed Case: “In other words, not financed by additional debt, which would have the result of driving up the deficit, the debt, and…”

On the recordJuly 18, 2019
In other words, not financed by additional debt, which would have the result of driving up the deficit, the debt, and interest payments? Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Utah. Mr. McADAMS. That is exactly right. I describe it as saying that the first rule when you find yourself in a hole and are not sure how to get out is to stop digging.
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Ed Case
Democratic · Hawaii
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Jul 18, 2019

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