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John Bel Edwards: “If the gentleman will let me ask one last question, and then I will defer to other members that want to speak on the…”

On the recordFebruary 11, 2003
If the gentleman will let me ask one last question, and then I will defer to other members that want to speak on the largest deficit in the history of America, there are a lot of Americans that believe that this largest proposed deficit in America's 200-plus-year history is because, my gosh, we are going to have to pay for the war against Iraq. Could the gentleman tell me and the American people factually, is the $300 billion deficit proposed for this 1 year alone related to that?
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John Bel Edwards
Democratic · Louisiana

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Questioning the relationship between the proposed deficit and the costs of the Iraq war.

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