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Gregory Meeks: Often, people forget where we have come from and what took place in 2007 and 2008, the number of jobs that were lost…

On the recordApril 25, 2017
Often, people forget where we have come from and what took place in 2007 and 2008, the number of jobs that were lost, how people were devastated.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Meeks emphasizes the impact of the 2008 financial crisis and the need for Dodd-Frank.

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