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Michael Bennet: With respect to 'too-big-to-fail,' which people have talked about, from the point of view of the people living in…

On the recordJuly 7, 2009
With respect to 'too-big-to-fail,' which people have talked about, from the point of view of the people living in Northeast Colorado who lost what to many people would seem was a very small bank, that bank was too big to fail for them.
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

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Bennet discusses the impact of bank failures on local communities.

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