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On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
the financial sector, without a surety that the financial sector was going to be reined in and regulated and controlled--they did not use exactly those words--financial stability would be the ruin of us all.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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Conrad emphasizes the need for regulation to ensure financial stability.

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