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David Schweikert: “We will borrow a couple trillion dollars this year.”

Featuring: David Schweikert, Republican | U.S. House, Arizona, District 1

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Final September Floor Speech - David Schweikert

Published | Video Starts at 02:06

And so one of my pitches I keep trying to sell here is if we keep up what's going on right now where we're borrowing in a good year, a couple trillion dollars, We will borrow a couple trillion dollars this year. Congress has made the decision that those who will really run this government, those who really run this country, will be called the bond market. (02:06–02:10)

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