And we probably spent hundreds of billions of dollars and sent it to people that didn't need it. Madam President, we're $27.4 trillion in debt today. That's 128% size of last year's economy. If this bipartisan deal goes through, about a trillion dollars, we'll be in $28.4 trillion in debt, 132% of GDP. I remember the good old days when I first got here. I ran because we were mortgaging our kids future. We were a little over $14 trillion in debt and our economy is over 15 trillion. (08:29–08:38)
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