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On the recordApril 13, 2016
And what the Fed and the FDIC are saying very publicly today is that we have at least five too-big-to-fail banks in this country, that if any one of them starts to go down, they risk taking the entire economy with them.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren emphasizes the risk posed by large banks to the economy.

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