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Orrin Hatch: “I do not think I need the Senator's chart to make the case that our country is in trouble, that we are not doing what is…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 1997
I do not think I need the Senator's chart to make the case that our country is in trouble, that we are not doing what is right, that we are continuing to spend us into bankruptcy. And even though there are arguments made that we are only going to have a $107 billion deficit in 1997, that is still a deficit of over $100 billion.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Addressing concerns about the national deficit during a Senate debate.

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