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On the recordFebruary 17, 2021
Again, you offered up the $35 billion number, which as you and anybody else schooled in finance knows is meaningless unless you convert it into a rate of return.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Himes critiques the lack of context for the $35 billion figure presented.

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