A Peterson Foundation billboard displaying the national debt is pictured on K Street in downtown Washington on Feb. 8, 2022. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Peter G. Peterson Foundation
The national debt has passed $30 trillion. It is clearly time to start talking about balancing the federal budget.
Newt Gingrich
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Newt Gingrich is an author, commentator, and former Georgia congressman who was the 50th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He ran as a presidential Republican candidate in 2012.