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Pat Roberts: “Our national debt is approaching $20 trillion--that is trillion with a T.”

On the recordMay 24, 2017
Our national debt is approaching $20 trillion--that is trillion with a T.
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Pat Roberts
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Roberts highlights the alarming increase in national debt.

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