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On the recordJuly 26, 2009
the creditors of Chrysler and GM received more than they would have received had the Government not stepped in.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren defends the government's intervention, stating creditors benefited from it.

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