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Bill Delahunt: if we don't move quickly that we are going to be accused of fiddling while Rome is burning.

On the recordJanuary 21, 2009
if we don't move quickly that we are going to be accused of fiddling while Rome is burning.
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Delahunt emphasizes the urgency of addressing the financial crisis.

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