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On the recordMay 19, 2009
It seems to me that this is a black hole; in other words, we keep pumping billions of dollars into AIG.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Senator Shelby describes AIG as a financial black hole requiring continuous taxpayer funding.

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