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On the recordMay 6, 2010
Now that we have been through this experience where we have lost $17 trillion in American value in this economy--$17 trillion accounted for in the savings accounts of ordinary Americans in Illinois and Oregon, $17 trillion in businesses that failed and jobs that were lost--isn't it critically important that this bill from the Senate Banking Committee move forward, and that each amendment take this strong bill and make it stronger, instead of the Republican amendments, which clearly are designed to weaken this amendment and to open us up to the vulnerability of facing more job loss and more economic crisis?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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May 6, 2010

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Senator Durbin discusses the economic impact of a $17 trillion loss and the importance of a banking bill.

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