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Rudy Yakym: “Our Federal debt currently stands at over $33.5 trillion dollars. That equates to a debt-to-GDP ratio of 124 percent.”

On the recordOctober 18, 2023
Our Federal debt currently stands at over $33.5 trillion dollars. That equates to a debt-to-GDP ratio of 124 percent.
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Rudy Yakym
Republican · Idaho

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Yakym highlights the alarming federal debt and its implications for fiscal stability.

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