Mark Warner said "We bought ourselves a couple years, but at $17 trillion in debt, a 100-basis-point increase in interest rates adds $120 billion a year." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 3, 2014

We bought ourselves a couple years, but at $17 trillion in debt, a 100-basis-point increase in interest rates adds $120 billion a year.

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Highlights the impact of rising interest rates on national debt.

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