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On the recordOctober 2, 2008
Henry Paulson set this up, I mean, really, coming over on a Thursday night and saying the world is going to collapse and then going out to the public and saying if Congress doesn't pass this in three days, the world economy crashes. Congress is really easy to stampede when they're up for election.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

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DeFazio criticizes the urgency created by Paulson to pass the bailout bill.

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