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On the recordSeptember 7, 2016
Your careers may end happily before the reckoning. Your reelections may not be threatened by your inaction. But your consciences should be.
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Judd Gregg
New Hampshire

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Gregg emphasizes the moral responsibility of politicians regarding national debt.

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