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Harry Reid: I listened to a speech just delivered, and the leader indicated we are going to be asked in the next few days to…

On the recordMay 13, 2003
I listened to a speech just delivered, and the leader indicated we are going to be asked in the next few days to increase the national debt by almost a trillion dollars--not a billion, almost a trillion dollars. Is that what the leader said?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

Editor's note · Context

Discussing a proposed increase in the national debt during a Senate floor debate.

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