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Richard Shelby: I expressed serious reservations about this plan because I did not believe that a massive and crude bailout bill was the…

On the recordSeptember 23, 2009
I expressed serious reservations about this plan because I did not believe that a massive and crude bailout bill was the most prudent course of action.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby criticized the bailout plan during the financial crisis.

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