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John Garamendi: Excuse me. If I might interrupt, are you telling me that the Wall Street banks, the financial industry, is spending $1.4…

On the recordApril 20, 2010
Excuse me. If I might interrupt, are you telling me that the Wall Street banks, the financial industry, is spending $1.4 million a day lobbying Congress and the Senate to stop financial reform and the reregulation of Wall Street?
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California
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govinfo.gov
Apr 20, 2010

Editor's note · Context

Garamendi is questioning the financial industry's lobbying efforts against reform.

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