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On the recordJuly 28, 2009
While we may be able to make some reforms that will promote good long-term performance and responsible behavior, we will not, I say, be able to prevent bad decisions or failures.
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Jim Bunning

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Bunning emphasizes the limits of legislative reforms in preventing corporate failures.

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