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On the recordMarch 13, 2017
So, in essence, Mr. Chairman, what we are doing is we are paying ourselves interest on a debt that we have largely created in great part by the levee failures, $10 billion right there alone.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez highlights the absurdity of paying interest on self-created debt due to levee failures.

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