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Sheldon Whitehouse: “There's only one person in that room who was threatening to default on the credit of the United States.”

On the recordMay 17, 2023
There's only one person in that room who was threatening to default on the credit of the United States.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse highlights that only one individual is threatening a U.S. default.

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