Gary Peters: “Today, thanks in part to the irresponsible, big ugly bill…”

“But let's first take a quick bird's eye view of the situation. At the start of 2025, our national debt sat at a staggering $36.2 trillion. Today, thanks in part to the irresponsible, big ugly bill that President Trump and Republicans passed this summer, that number has now ballooned by $2 trillion just in one year. Our debt now sits at $38.4 trillion. To put that number into perspective, when I was sworn into Congress back In January of 2009, the national debt stood at 10 trillion, $10.6 trillion.” (01:20–01:36)

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