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On the recordApril 22, 2010
We saw the beginning of the assault in our first two hearings, which examined how U.S. financial institutions turned to high-risk lending strategies.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Senator Levin discusses previous hearings on financial institutions' risky practices.

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