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Pat Toomey: “Under no circumstances should the United States ever even get close to defaulting on the debt that we have issued.”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
Under no circumstances should the United States ever even get close to defaulting on the debt that we have issued.
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Pat Toomey
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Toomey asserts the importance of avoiding default on U.S. debt.

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