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James Lankford: “Once interest rates start ticking up, in some ways, it`s too late because you have so much debt that`s there.”

On the recordFebruary 2, 2021
Once interest rates start ticking up, in some ways, it`s too late because you have so much debt that`s there.
Said by
James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma
Source
msnbc.com

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Lankford discusses the implications of rising interest rates on national debt.

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