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On the recordJune 13, 2018
We are a nation that's $20 trillion in debt. And should this body ever manage to produce a surplus, say, $1 billion, it would require 20,000 years of $1 billion surplus to address a $20 trillion debt.
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Clay Higgins
Republican · Louisiana

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Higgins emphasizes the severity of the national debt and its implications for NASA's budget.

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