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On the recordJuly 16, 2009
The absence of a policy of manufacturing and industrial policy allowed us yesterday to let CIT fail as a financial institution it would appear today.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Brown emphasizes the need for a manufacturing policy to prevent financial failures.

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