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On the recordDecember 8, 2014
With our national debt reaching $18 trillion last month, we face the gravest financial situation in our history, and we must get serious about bringing that number down.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess warns about the serious implications of the national debt.

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