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On the recordFebruary 15, 2011
The cost of this housing crisis caused by Wall Street abuses through the creation of asset-backed securities made a few very greedy bankers quite wealthy at the expense of millions of ordinary citizens and doing great harm to our republic.
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

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Kaptur criticizes Wall Street for causing a housing crisis harming ordinary citizens.

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