Adam Schiff: “The nation's credit rating has gone down.”

“No, this is going to raise 2 to 3 trillion dollars of debt. It's going to increase the debt by that much. We already have a very significant debt and deficit problem such that The nation's credit rating has gone down. And there are concerns that if this bill goes through and explodes our deficit and debt further, it's going to mean a further degrading of our bond rating, which is …” (02:48–02:51)

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