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On the recordApril 7, 2011
The President has asked us to raise the debt ceiling. And Senate Republicans and House Republicans and I hope many Democrats as well are going to say, Mr. President, in order to raise the debt ceiling, we need to do something significant about the debt.
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Mitch McConnell
Republican · Kentucky

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Mitch McConnell discusses the need for significant action on debt before agreeing to raise the debt ceiling.

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