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On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
Would it also be fair to say that in 2008 this country confronted the worse economic crisis and collapse that we have experienced in the history of the republic with the exception of the Great Depression?
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Jeffries emphasizes the severity of the 2008 economic crisis.

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