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Pat Ryan: “The bottom line is the president was elected at $9 trillion in debt and we are going to grow it to over $26 trillion…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2012
The bottom line is the president was elected at $9 trillion in debt and we are going to grow it to over $26 trillion under his plan, under his numbers, and I think that is fundamentally wrong.
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Criticism of the president's budget plan increasing national debt significantly.

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