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On the recordMarch 16, 2009
First, by picking some banks as winners, and giving them money to buy their competitors, is the Federal Government creating a whole new generation of institutions that are 'too big to fail?'
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers raises concerns about government actions leading to banks that are too big to fail.

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