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Scott Rigell: “I just don't think we can quite grasp the painful reality that America is indeed subject to the laws of finance.”

On the recordMarch 29, 2011
I just don't think we can quite grasp the painful reality that America is indeed subject to the laws of finance.
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Scott Rigell
Republican · Virginia

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America's financial obligations are serious and must be acknowledged.

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