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On the recordApril 10, 2011
The president's 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 conditions Republicans are placing on raising the debt ceiling.

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