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On the recordFebruary 4, 2009
What we are trying to do here, we would like to make it better tomorrow, but if we can stop making it worse tomorrow, that is a major achievement at this point.
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Dodd emphasizes the importance of preventing further economic decline.

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