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Richard Shelby: I hope that you as Chairman of the Committee will bring up the Inspector General of TARP, Mr. Barofsky, again, as he is…

On the recordMarch 16, 2009
I hope that you as Chairman of the Committee will bring up the Inspector General of TARP, Mr. Barofsky, again, as he is doing his work, because I believe the American people want transparency and accountability on where all this TARP money went, including AIG, a lot of the money to the auto companies, who is benefiting from it, and so forth.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby emphasizes the need for transparency regarding TARP funds and their beneficiaries.

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