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On the recordApril 25, 2023
this reckless Default on Our Debt Act would gut funding not just for veterans and housing and nutrition and climate work and so on, but for important oversight work which saves billions of dollars to our people.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin criticizes the Default on Our Debt Act for harming essential services and oversight.

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