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On the recordMarch 15, 2023
Our ability to defend our country in an increasingly dangerous world would be diminished because we would be spending more money paying interest to the bondholders rather than paying to keep the American people safe.
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Cornyn warns that rising debt interest costs threaten national security funding.

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