I cannot help but observe the irony that we are having this debate about what to do with the unsustainable debt load of this country at a time that we are debating on the Senate floor a huge health care bill that is, in essence, creating a new entitlement program that has enormous consequences for our future budgets.
Collins highlights the irony of discussing debt while debating a costly health care bill.
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