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Mark Udall: “A crime is a crime, as it was pointed out, whether it is $500 from a cash register or literally billions, in fact…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2010
A crime is a crime, as it was pointed out, whether it is $500 from a cash register or literally billions, in fact trillions of dollars of net worth that we have seen taken from Americans and American families. I commend the Presiding Officer for his leadership, and I think he put it well when he pointed out if you are too big to fail, you are too big to exist, and too bad. Never again should that happen.
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Mark Udall
Democratic · Colorado
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Mar 16, 2010

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Udall addresses the financial crisis and the implications of corporate irresponsibility.

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