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Steny Hoyer: “I wish I shared that 100 percent certainty. One of the reasons why I started working on this seven years ago was because…”

On the recordFebruary 15, 2022
I wish I shared that 100 percent certainty. One of the reasons why I started working on this seven years ago was because of my increasing fear that god forbid because of our increasing political dysfunction, at one point in the future we will fail either by intention or more likely by accident not to raise the debt ceiling.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Hoyer expresses concern over the potential failure to raise the debt ceiling due to political dysfunction.

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