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Chris Dodd: “The Fed is under the authority legally, as I understand it, to only provide resources to creditworthy companies.”

On the recordMarch 4, 2009
The Fed is under the authority legally, as I understand it, to only provide resources to creditworthy companies.
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Dodd questions the Fed's lending practices during the crisis.

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