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On the recordMarch 25, 2009
I have a deep faith that continues to this very day, that markets do a better job disciplining risk than bureaucrats do.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby emphasizes the importance of market discipline over bureaucratic intervention.

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