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On the recordFebruary 4, 2004
I ask the Senator from Iowa to complete the thought; the obvious question which I ask which we ought to consider, where does China get the dollars to buy the debt of the United States? Where does China have a surplus of dollars coming in? What is it about China that they end up with all of these dollars?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the source of China's dollar surplus during a discussion on U.S. debt.

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