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On the recordApril 3, 2017
I think that Members on both sides of the aisle who were not there would do themselves well to look over the tapes of the hearings and the congressional Floor vote and remember what it was that got us into this and what we had to do to get out, because it wasn't pretty.
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

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Foster reflects on the challenges faced during the TARP scenario.

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