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On the recordFebruary 15, 2011
Back in the 1980s and 1990s, the costs of the savings and loan crisis precipitated by reckless bankers were placed on the American people; $170 billion placed squarely on the backs of our taxpayers to pay for their misdeeds.
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

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Kaptur highlights the financial burden on taxpayers from past banking crises.

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