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Congress continues to kick the can down the road because it can. even though every time we kick it, it gets more painful. next time it may kill us. taking in $1.7 trillion a year in new debt. what this translates into are thousands and thousands of dollars per person every single year that the government is borrowing against us we can't do that. it's costing us jobs it's costing our economy the ability to heal itself. we can't move forward until we get a balanced budget amendment in place. >> can you senator lee, prevent the senate from voting in favor of raising the debt ceiling? can you fili...

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>> so, in economics, econ 101, it's supply and demand. what president trump and attorney general jeff sessions are not talking about is the demand of american employers who are hiring undocumented persons. who want to keep hiring them. who refuse to engage in the e-verify system and are doing that. so, people will come if there is a demand. they're focusing on the supply, on the immigrants. and blaming the victim, the immigrants who want to come and fulfill these jobs and not looking at the true source of immigration, which is the job poll. >> it sounds like, though, victoria, you're saying a ...

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Congress continues to kick the can down the road because it can. even though every time we kick it, it gets more painful. next time it may kill us. taking in $1.7 trillion a year in new debt. what this translates into are thousands and thousands of dollars per person every single year that the government is borrowing against us we can't do that. it's costing us jobs it's costing our economy the ability to heal itself. we can't move forward until we get a balanced budget amendment in place. >> can you senator lee, prevent the senate from voting in favor of raising the debt ceiling? can you fili...