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Bob Menendez: Our economy will not recover if debt ties down consumers tighter and tighter.

On the recordFebruary 11, 2009
Our economy will not recover if debt ties down consumers tighter and tighter.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez warns that consumer debt hinders economic recovery.

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