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Jim Bunning: if they are going to bust the bank, if they are going to blow the housing and the market right out of sight, then we as…

On the recordOctober 7, 2009
if they are going to bust the bank, if they are going to blow the housing and the market right out of sight, then we as regulators or as policymakers have got to prevent that.
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Jim Bunning

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Bunning emphasizes the need for regulators to prevent market collapse.

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