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Paul Tonko: If the gentlewoman would yield, what the Representative is pointing to in the red is 18 months' worth of activity, $17.5…

On the recordMay 18, 2010
If the gentlewoman would yield, what the Representative is pointing to in the red is 18 months' worth of activity, $17.5 trillion worth. That is $1 trillion per month.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York
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May 18, 2010

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Speaker Tonko discusses economic activity and financial figures.

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