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Sherrod Brown: “I empathize. I know that these demands are huge on PBGC, but there was an arrogance, in the prior administration of…”

On the recordJanuary 19, 2010
I empathize. I know that these demands are huge on PBGC, but there was an arrogance, in the prior administration of PBGC, that--and you don't strike me as an arrogant man--but that simply can't hold.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Senator Brown criticizes the arrogance of the previous PBGC administration regarding retirees' benefits.

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