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On the recordMarch 16, 2011
Well, it is obvious. If we had not done these things, we would have been back in the Stone Age.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren emphasized the necessity of government interventions to prevent a severe economic downturn.

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