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On the recordJuly 15, 2015
I raise this because the living wills are one of the primary tools the Fed has to make sure that taxpayers will not be on the hook if one of these giant banks fails.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren emphasizes the importance of living wills for taxpayer protection in bank failures.

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