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Mike Johnson: “We don't know what happens, but we don't want to find out.”

On the recordJuly 12, 2011
We don't know what happens, but we don't want to find out.
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Warns against risking financial markets over debt ceiling issues.

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