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On the recordJuly 27, 2011
I don't think I've seen anything just like this with the stakes so very high and every leader in the Republican Party believing that we ought not to put the credit of the United States at risk and possibly default for the first time in the history of our country.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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Hoyer expresses concern over the inability of Republican leaders to unite their members during a critical time regarding the nation's credit.

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