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Rob Portman: “I agree with former Secretary of the Treasury, Larry Summers, and many other economists who said at the time, a year…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2022
I agree with former Secretary of the Treasury, Larry Summers, and many other economists who said at the time, a year ago, that adding that kind of stimulus at a time when the economy was growing... would cause inflation that would be devastating for families across our country.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Portman critiques stimulus measures for contributing to inflation amid economic growth.

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