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On the recordMarch 22, 2023
I strongly urge Congress to raise the debt ceiling, and to fail to do so would lead to economic and financial chaos.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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Hoyer emphasizes the critical need to raise the debt ceiling to avoid economic disaster.

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