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Chris Dodd: “The American economy was on the brink of total collapse.”

On the recordSeptember 23, 2009
The American economy was on the brink of total collapse.
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Dodd highlights the urgency of the economic crisis requiring intervention.

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