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Jeff Merkley: “So here we have Hensarling leading the charge to privatize the gains and socialize the losses, stick the taxpayer once…”

On the recordJune 6, 2016
So here we have Hensarling leading the charge to privatize the gains and socialize the losses, stick the taxpayer once again.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley criticizes efforts to privatize gains while socializing losses, harming taxpayers.

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