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Chris Dodd: “Who would object to that? Who is objecting to this? I mentioned earlier, it was not my idea. This was brought to me by…”

On the recordApril 15, 2010
Who would object to that? Who is objecting to this? I mentioned earlier, it was not my idea. This was brought to me by the Republicans. Sounds to me like the people who have to put up that money are probably the ones objecting to it. These are the large institutions that do not want to be assessed any cost associated with their mismanagement of an operation.
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut
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Apr 15, 2010

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Dodd discusses objections to a financial proposal brought by Republicans.

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