Political Quotes

On the recordFebruary 9, 2009
What about protecting the taxpayers? Just give us your broad thoughts on this since we are leveraging up to $350 billion of taxpayer money.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Schumer questions the protection of taxpayers in financial plans involving large sums of money.

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