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David Schweikert: “You're functionally looking at a $2.2 trillion deficit in a…”

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

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Final September Floor Speech - David Schweikert

Published | Video Starts at 20:58

And then if you want to tell the truth about actual debt and actual budgets, where you actually say, okay, here's the interest we have to pay back to the Social Security trust fund, here's the Medicare trust fund, the other things You're functionally looking at a $2.2 trillion deficit in a year, that things are good. But the other point back to this board. How many members of Congress will stand in front of you and say, do you understand? (20:58–21:04)

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