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Sherrod Brown: “American taxpayers paid the price in lost homes and jobs and billions of bailout dollars.”

On the recordMarch 24, 2015
American taxpayers paid the price in lost homes and jobs and billions of bailout dollars.
Said by
Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the consequences of regulatory failures leading to the 2008 financial crisis.

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