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Sheldon Whitehouse: Your mention of can we agree to a debt to GDP level provokes me to remember my work with Chairman Enzi to find a safe…

On the recordJuly 8, 2024
Your mention of can we agree to a debt to GDP level provokes me to remember my work with Chairman Enzi to find a safe debt to GDP level, a glide slope to get there, and guardrails to assure that we're not cheating on it, and I think that that matrix still remains a smart one.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse recalls efforts to establish a safe debt-to-GDP level and emphasizes the importance of fiscal discipline.

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