On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
I think we are headed into, I think, a fiscal crisis that is going to make the current economic problem look like a picnic.
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congress.govSheldon Whitehouse: “I think we are headed into, I think, a fiscal crisis that is going to make the current economic problem look like a…”
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Whitehouse warns of an impending fiscal crisis due to Medicare liabilities.
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