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Mark Kelly: “39 trillion. You know, people don't seem to care that it…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Senator Mark Kelly on Stoicism, Space, and Staying Calm Under Pressure

Published | Video Starts at 34:58

Often the same people. Yeah, right. Crash the car, get back in. Yeah. Crash again. Yeah, Same. Same guy. Yeah. Put it on the tab. Put on the grandkids tab. Yep. 39 trillion. You know, people don't seem to care that it could be 50 trillion. Yeah. In what decade? Actually less than that. We got to address some of these problems in our country in a serious way. Yeah. You know, we have an election coming up. (34:58–35:04)

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Asserts that the national debt is $39 trillion and could rise to $50 trillion.

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