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Summer Lee: “This debt ceiling debate and debacle is more having to do with the dollar than anything else.”

On the recordApril 17, 2023
This debt ceiling debate and debacle is more having to do with the dollar than anything else.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Sheila Jackson Lee links the debt ceiling debate to concerns about the U.S. dollar's stability.

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