You know, in the last, or two decades ago it was routine for leaders of foreign countries to come over here and say you guys have got to do something about these horrendous deficits because it's causing tremendous problems for the rest of the world, and we were lectured to all the time.

Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "During the debate it was mentioned that it was routine for leaders of foreign countries to come over here and say you guys have got to do something about these horrendous deficits."?
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