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On the recordApril 26, 2010
I think 90 percent of the problems associated with the meltdown in our mortgage system and the financial crisis sits on the lap of Congress.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Coburn blames Congress for the majority of the financial crisis issues.

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