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On the recordMarch 9, 2009
I am probably--because I spent an awful lot of time in this Committee when I was the OTS regulator----dealing with the RTC, and what I learned through those 3 years brings me to a very firm view on opposition totally to nationalization of financial institutions.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby expresses strong opposition to the nationalization of financial institutions based on past experience.

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