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Jeb Hensarling: “That means the President's legacy will be a debt so large that at the end of his budget, we will spend more on debt…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2016
That means the President's legacy will be a debt so large that at the end of his budget, we will spend more on debt service annually than what we spend on national defense, Medicaid, education, and transportation infrastructure.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Hensarling criticizes the President's fiscal policies leading to unsustainable national debt.

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