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Ron Wyden: “I do not see how growth is going to get you close to paying for that $1.9 trillion that was put on the credit card.”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2018
I do not see how growth is going to get you close to paying for that $1.9 trillion that was put on the credit card.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Wyden expresses skepticism about growth covering the debt incurred.

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