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Tim Geithner: “We should not let the markets start to build any risk that Congress will not ultimately pass that increase we need.”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
We should not let the markets start to build any risk that Congress will not ultimately pass that increase we need.
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Tim Geithner
New York

Editor's note · Context

Geithner emphasizes the importance of Congress passing necessary debt increases.

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