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On the recordFebruary 8, 2012
I think there is a fundamental difference that when the marketplace on the private sector is looking at 20 percent of its portfolios and saying it makes sense for us in the marketplace to do so.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey
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Menendez highlights a disagreement regarding marketplace decisions and their implications.

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