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On the recordFebruary 25, 2013
100 percent of our rising long-term debt is due to entitlement costs, to three entitlement programs--very important but unsustainable--and interest on the debt.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Portman discusses the main causes of rising long-term debt.

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