05/22/2012
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"the idea is to try to use $40 billion in the TARP funds to be made available to small banks so that they can use those to loan to small businesses."
"I voted against a number of proposals to do other things with the TARP money."
"I think part of why I am hearing more of it now is that a lot of our businesses in Minnesota... simply don't have the credit to stretch it out."
"I think this was a major failure."