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On the recordSeptember 30, 2008
Frankly, an awful lot of people are going to look at this bill, not be pleased with what the Senate has done in adding those provisions that make the debt worse.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Hoyer comments on the dissatisfaction with the Senate's amendments to the bailout bill.

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