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On the recordMarch 10, 2014
that, in the financial crisis, holding companies were a source of weakness, rather than strength, to their operating subsidiaries.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Senator Collins emphasized the weakness of holding companies during the financial crisis.

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