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John Yarmuth: The debt ceiling has become almost an arbitrary thing every few years where we just constantly raise it.

On the recordMay 16, 2022
The debt ceiling has become almost an arbitrary thing every few years where we just constantly raise it.
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John Yarmuth
Democratic · Kentucky

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Yarmuth critiques the arbitrary nature of raising the debt ceiling.

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