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Chris Dodd: “But to castigate it and label it is nothing more than a partisan debate and suggests that, somehow, what we have done…”

On the recordApril 13, 2010
But to castigate it and label it is nothing more than a partisan debate and suggests that, somehow, what we have done here is perpetuate too big to fail, is just poppycock.
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut

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Christopher Dodd defends the financial reform bill against accusations that it perpetuates the concept of 'too big to fail'.

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