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On the recordMay 5, 2010
Thank you very much. That history is not a good chapter in America, and these men that were involved in all of this, to whom did they owe their allegiance? I've said many times, it's about the fundamental American values. I know that in my community, a small community in California of farmers and hardworking men and women, that they go to work every day and they expect to be paid a fair wage, but they don't expect to make that wage by cheating somebody, by playing a financial game. They expect to make it by working hard and carrying on for their family. Mr. Driehaus, if you would share with us some of the additional experiences that you had on the Financial Services Committee.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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