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On the recordOctober 7, 2021
Senator Paul, when you and I were both elected to the Senate back in 2010, I remember the national debt was an issue then. It was becoming large enough that people were concerned about it. As it mounted, sometimes we had conversations about how long it might continue--how long it might continue to spiral upward. Are you surprised to see that here we are, 11 year later, 11 years after you and I arrived here, and where it has gone since then?
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee
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Oct 7, 2021

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