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John Garamendi: “Well, just before we took the floor here for this discussion, I was listening to our Republican colleagues say that…”

On the recordMay 5, 2010
Well, just before we took the floor here for this discussion, I was listening to our Republican colleagues say that government regulation is wrong. Well, no, not in the case of Wall Street. The statistics you just gave us, did you say the FBI had 75 agents for all of the United States to deal with Wall Street?
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California
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govinfo.gov
May 5, 2010

Editor's note · Context

Garamendi addresses the need for government regulation in the context of Wall Street oversight.

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