John Cornyn: “We are $37 trillion in debt.”

“As the presiding officer knows, one of the biggest issues confronting our country is that We are $37 trillion in debt. And we can't just keep printing money and spending money and bankrupting our country and threatening the welfare of future generations. We have a present day responsibility to address that.” (06:50–06:54)

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