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On the recordApril 14, 2021
A lot of people, including our people in our national security establishment, have said that the biggest issues to America actually are the debt and deficits, and they go on to say that it appears that the biggest part in our debt and deficit area is this explosion of health-care expense.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Highlighting concerns about healthcare costs contributing to national debt and deficits.

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