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On the recordJune 21, 2017
Wall Street greed, the resulting financial crisis, what it did to millions of Ohioans and so many of our constituents is a lesson, collective amnesia in this body notwithstanding, is a lesson we need to learn, to remember, and to act on.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Emphasizes the need to learn from past financial crises to protect constituents.

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