In fact, Dr. Furman, a predecessor of yours--Dr. Christina Romer--told this Committee in 2009 that by some measures, the economic and financial shocks we experienced during the most recent recession were even worse than the Great Depression.
Maloney references Romer's statement on the severity of the recent recession.
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