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John Yarmuth: We have been accumulating debt in this country for 230 some odd years.

On the recordJune 8, 2021
We have been accumulating debt in this country for 230 some odd years.
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John Yarmuth
Democratic · Kentucky

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Discussing the long history of national debt in the U.S.

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