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Pat Ryan: We thought that was especially important, so there is a debt limit that is set, but there is never any sort of measure…

On the recordMay 30, 2012
We thought that was especially important, so there is a debt limit that is set, but there is never any sort of measure or metric as to how high we want the future, our excess obligations stemming from some of these programs to be.
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

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Ryan emphasizes the need for transparency in future debt obligations.

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