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Hal Rogers: “If we continue at this pace, soon the debt interest is going to exceed what we spend for national defense.”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
If we continue at this pace, soon the debt interest is going to exceed what we spend for national defense.
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Hal Rogers
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Rogers warns of the impending crisis where debt interest surpasses defense spending.

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