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Jeb Hensarling: “The most critical and obvious systemic risk that faces our economy really is our massive national debt”

On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
The most critical and obvious systemic risk that faces our economy really is our massive national debt
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Hensarling emphasizes national debt as a major systemic risk to the economy.

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