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On the recordApril 26, 2010
$700 billion got allocated of taxpayer money to solve systemic risk problems, of which you were the beneficiary both directly and indirectly of a portion of that.
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Thomas Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Coburn highlights the financial aid Goldman Sachs received during the crisis.

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