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On the recordMay 12, 1995
We are actually starting to pay back some of this huge, gigantic, $6 trillion debt that the kids and grandkids are going to owe at that time if we do not change.
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Nick Smith
Republican · Michigan

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Discussing the national debt and its impact on future generations.

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