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Michael Burgess: “We are very quickly on the road where we are going to be spending more money, mandatory spending, on the interest…”

On the recordMarch 28, 2023
We are very quickly on the road where we are going to be spending more money, mandatory spending, on the interest payments that we spend on defense of the United States.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess warns about the increasing mandatory spending on interest payments compared to defense.

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