Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney used his farewell address to the U.S. Senate to urge other lawmakers to put unity first in the face of stubborn partisanship.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy life\u2019s work has been a group affair,\u201d Romney, who also served as governor of Massachusetts and the GOP\u2019s 2012 presidential nominee, said in his address.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will leave this chamber with a sense of achievement. But in truth, I will also leave with the recognition that I did not achieve everything I had hoped,\u201d Romney said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAmong other things, the scourge of partisan politics has frustrated repeated efforts to stabilize our national debt. Without the burden of the interest on that debt, we would be able to spend three times as much as we do on military procurement,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cThree times as many aircraft, three times as many ships, three times as many drones, spacecraft, cyber defenses. Or alternatively, we could spend double the amount we spend on Social Security benefits every month. Our national credit card is almost maxed out, and America risks becoming debt poor.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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