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Sam Farr: “You know, we are supposed to fix things that are broken, and we learned that this was broken and it had a very serious…”

On the recordMarch 4, 2014
You know, we are supposed to fix things that are broken, and we learned that this was broken and it had a very serious, detrimental effect to the American economy.
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California

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Farr discusses the need for reforms after financial crises.

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