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On the recordJune 21, 2009
The American people are so tired of having us look in the rearview mirror and say what happened while there is all this carnage out there.
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

Editor's note · Context

Bennet expresses frustration over past regulatory failures affecting the public.

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