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Richard Shelby: “We have put an end to too-big-to-fail bailouts and to an era in which executives on Wall Street felt free to gamble with…”

On the recordSeptember 29, 2010
We have put an end to too-big-to-fail bailouts and to an era in which executives on Wall Street felt free to gamble with other people's money.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby emphasizes the reforms ending bailouts and risky behavior by Wall Street executives.

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