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Dick Durbin: “Make no mistake: without these new reforms and the funding to carry them out, Wall Street will return to its reckless…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2012
Make no mistake: without these new reforms and the funding to carry them out, Wall Street will return to its reckless ways, which will threaten our economic recovery and undermine our ability to create jobs.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin emphasizes the importance of financial reforms to prevent Wall Street recklessness.

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