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Pat Ryan: “I have a great concern that the administration and Congress have exploited the current economic crisis, and the fear and…”

On the recordMay 20, 2009
I have a great concern that the administration and Congress have exploited the current economic crisis, and the fear and diverted attention of the American people, to justify rushing through a sweeping and possibly irreversible expansion of the federal government.
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

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Ryan expresses concern over government expansion during the economic crisis.

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