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Steny Hoyer: “The largest increase in the debt in my service in the…”

Featuring: Steny Hoyer, Democratic | U.S. House Maryland, 5th Congressional District

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No new taxes required by law, present law. Let me say something because the time is very brief. The largest increase in the debt in my service in the Congress was under Ronald Reagan. As a percentage, the debt was $985 billion when I came to Congress, the total national debt. Every director who has told me we're going to get rid of fraud, waste and abuse, the debt has gone up. (03:36–03:44)

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