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On the recordOctober 5, 2011
Let me move forward so I can ask better questions next time a Treasury Secretary, especially one who used to work for Goldman Sachs, comes before the Congress of the United States to ask us for billions of dollars to bail out his buddies that he then goes back to after he is not Treasury Secretary anymore.
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Luis Gutiérrez
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Gutierrez criticizes the influence of former Treasury Secretaries on financial bailouts.

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