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On the recordJanuary 20, 2009
Our Nation faces really extraordinary short- and long-term fiscal and economic challenges.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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Kent Conrad highlights the severe fiscal and economic challenges facing the nation.

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