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This is Words Matter with Norm Hornstein.

We've got the votes and screwed the rest of you.

And Dr. Kavita Patel.

These might be some of the smaller moments, you know, with all the bombshells. Didn't catch people's eyes.

Hello and welcome to Words Matter from the DSRnetwork.

Each week, Norm Hornstein and I will talk about the issues facing our country as we head into another election cycle.

And what our leaders are actually saying and doing about them.

Today, well, Norm, it seems like we had yet again too many things to talk about.

In medicine, we actually say we actually have a term like when you see something on the slide.

And there's just like an overwhelming number of like cancer cells or too many red blood cells.

We say too numerous to count TNTC.

I would say that applies to this week as well. It feels like that every week.

We have an overwhelming number of topics, but I think in sounds sounds like it's worth hitting on some of the coverage around the debt ceiling.

I don't even want to call it GOP victory because that is what media is calling it, but Norm, you've studied this written about it.

I know you tweeted about it.

Well, welcome back. Welcome to numerous to count week and tell tell tell tell tell our listeners a little bit about your take and I'll discuss what I've heard from some Senate.

Very senior kind of two to staff and other Senate leaders.

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