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On the recordApril 9, 2024
I hope Congress has learned a hard lesson: that we should not hold our national debt limit hostage over arbitrary spending caps.
Said by
Betty McCollum
Democratic · Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

McCollum emphasizes the importance of not using the debt limit as a bargaining tool.

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