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On the recordSeptember 28, 2008
This will be the most difficult decision I make in my 16 years in this body. And I have decided that the cost of not acting outweighs the cost of acting.

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Bachus expresses the difficulty of the decision regarding the bailout and his belief in the necessity of action.

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