Political Quotes

On the recordDecember 10, 2009
We didn't get here because of government. We got here because government didn't do its job.
Said by
Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Delahunt argues that the housing crisis was due to government negligence, not overregulation.

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