We now have, at the end of 2019 and growing, a debt of $16.7 trillion. In those numbers, unfortunately, we have an administration who seeks to find ways to impact or to cover up that debt by cutting, I think, vital services.
Summer Lee: “We now have, at the end of 2019 and growing, a debt of $16.7 trillion. In those numbers, unfortunately, we have an…”
On the recordJanuary 14, 2020
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Jackson Lee critiques the administration's approach to managing national debt and vital services.
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