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Luis Gutiérrez: “We had a chance to force Wall Street banks to take responsibility for an economic crisis they helped create but were too…”

On the recordOctober 5, 2011
We had a chance to force Wall Street banks to take responsibility for an economic crisis they helped create but were too easy on them from the start.
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Luis Gutiérrez
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Gutierrez criticizes the leniency shown to banks during the economic crisis.

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