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On the recordJuly 22, 2014
What the law says is you may have to pay some of their debts, as Ronald Reagan recognized in 1984 with Continental Illinois.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Frank discusses legal obligations regarding insolvent institutions.

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