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John Cornyn: It is sort of like the Federal Government and spending. Our debt keeps getting bigger and bigger.

On the recordMarch 14, 2011
It is sort of like the Federal Government and spending. Our debt keeps getting bigger and bigger.
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Cornyn compares the increasing backlog of requests to rising federal debt.

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