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Tim Geithner: Without that action, we would be sitting here today with a dramatically worse crisis.

On the recordFebruary 9, 2009
Without that action, we would be sitting here today with a dramatically worse crisis.
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Tim Geithner
New York

Editor's note · Context

Geithner emphasizes the importance of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act in preventing a worse crisis.

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