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On the recordJune 5, 2012
But it also is a benefit to us in that it keeps our interest rates low because people do not invest in their sovereign debt, did invest in ours.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford discusses how European debt issues keep U.S. interest rates low.

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