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On the recordJuly 13, 2011
But for the Congress acting, we would have maybe not been in the deep recession we are in but on the verge of a near depression.
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Bob Menendez Jr.
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez highlights Congress's role in preventing a deeper recession during the 2008 crisis.

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