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On the recordMay 3, 2023
If we end up going into this Republican threatened default, and all the pain and calamity that all of the witnesses have forecast comes to pass, people in America are going to want to know who is responsible.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse warns of consequences if the Republican default occurs.

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