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Chris Van Hollen: If you were to actually not support raising the debt ceiling, you would wreck the U.S. economy.

On the recordJuly 21, 2021
If you were to actually not support raising the debt ceiling, you would wreck the U.S. economy.
Said by
Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Senator Van Hollen warns that failing to raise the debt ceiling would have catastrophic effects on the U.S. economy.

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