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Pat McHenry: “It was abandoned because of greed. It was abandoned because there was a way to make money...”

On the recordNovember 18, 2013
It was abandoned because of greed. It was abandoned because there was a way to make money...
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Pat McHenry
Republican · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

McHenry argues that the financial collapse was due to greed, not overregulation.

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