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On the recordFebruary 24, 2010
Given what you learned during the AIG crisis and the bailout, do you think Congress should be doing something to address insurance regulation or the commercial paper markets?
Said by
Jim Bunning
Republican · Kentucky

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Bunning questions the need for Congress to regulate insurance and commercial paper markets post-AIG crisis.

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