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On the recordOctober 30, 2011
The truth is that the catastrophe was years in the making caused by regulatory negligence and Wall Street gambling.
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut

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Dodd attributes the financial crisis to regulatory failures and risky Wall Street practices.

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