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Joe Manchin: “We simply cannot afford to add another $750 billion to the national debt.”

On the recordApril 16, 2024
We simply cannot afford to add another $750 billion to the national debt.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Manchin criticizes the cost of the Administration's student loan cancellation proposal.

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