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On the recordDecember 10, 2009
If they want the market to function in a way where there is no government support, intervention, regulation, they will discover it if there is another September of 2008; it will be a debacle.
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

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Delahunt warns of potential market failure without regulation after the 2008 crisis.

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