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On the recordDecember 31, 2008
If we don't do this, it will cost us even more. This economy is now in the worst shape since the Great Depression. And if we do not respond in a very firm way, it gets worse and worse and feeds on itself.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Barney Frank warns that failing to act on the economic crisis will lead to further deterioration.

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