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David Schweikert: “We're borrowing about eight and a half billion dollars a…”

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

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'This Is Immoral': David Schweikert Issues Dire Economic Warning To House Colleagues

Published | Video Starts at 08:08

But if you're going to come behind these mics and say you want to burn the place down, you may make markets here and around the world just nervous enough that a few ticks, you just cost billions and billions. Because remember, We're borrowing about eight and a half billion dollars a day. So think of some of the debates we have here. We're knifing each other for fractions of that because we're not willing to tell the truth. (08:08–08:13)

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Asserts that the U.S. borrows approximately $8.5 billion daily.

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