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At the outset of his speech, Roy noted that when he first entered Congress in 2018, the national debt stood at an alarming $21 trillion. Now, just a few years later, it has surged to an unprecedented $36 trillion, with a staggering trillion dollars in interest accrued every 100 days. He emphasized the urgency of addressing this debt crisis, making it clear that the time for complacency has passed.