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Dick Durbin: “It indicates that when you are asking the Senator from Texas, Mr. Gramm, for advice on where the economy is going, you…”

On the recordApril 6, 2000
It indicates that when you are asking the Senator from Texas, Mr. Gramm, for advice on where the economy is going, you ought to do just the opposite. He said the deficit is going up but the deficit went down.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Discussing economic advice during a Senate debate.

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