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On the recordFebruary 23, 2009
Wouldn't we be better off to close some of those banks rather than continue to prop them up and let the American people continue to believe--no confidence in them?
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby questions the effectiveness of government support for struggling banks.

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