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On the recordMay 24, 2011
I am just highly concerned that if nobody is looking at this now, we will be in a crisis if we do not increase that debt ceiling.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Senator Johnson expresses concern about potential crisis due to lack of oversight on debt ceiling.

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