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David Schweikert: “We're hovering around borrowing about $100,000 a second…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 01:23

But one of the arguments I've come over and over over is trying to find moral, effective ways that we can save ourselves, that you could actually impact this remarkable amount of debt where We're hovering around borrowing about $100,000 a second every second of every day. We're just a little below that. And then the really uncomfortable is when you walk through the data, it's interest and health care. And I'm not a doctor, I'm good at math. (01:23–01:29)

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