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On the recordFebruary 28, 2023
I would ask if the gentleman would be willing to yield for a couple of questions? Again, there was no hearing in committee, so I don't understand this. This might be a great idea, but I would like to figure it out. It requires that any inflationary estimates prepared incorporate the inflationary impact of debt servicing costs, which seems perfectly logical to me. But is there a reason to think that the current inflation rate, as defined by the U.S. Government, does not incorporate the inflationary impact of debt servicing costs? Madam Chair, I yield to the gentleman for the purposes of a colloquy.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
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govinfo.gov
Feb 28, 2023

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