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John Spratt: no question about it. This year for the second year in 3 years, we will have a mammoth increase in the debt. Last year…

On the recordApril 20, 2004
no question about it. This year for the second year in 3 years, we will have a mammoth increase in the debt. Last year alone we had a 1-year increase of $900 billion in the debt. We will have to increase that debt limit again before we leave here this year, or we will be perilously close to bumping the ceiling.
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John Spratt
South Carolina

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Discussing the increase in the national debt and the need to raise the debt limit.

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