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Ron Wyden: “Mr. Chairman, at what point will the taxpayer no longer be on the hook for the massive AIG failure? What is the end game…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2009
Mr. Chairman, at what point will the taxpayer no longer be on the hook for the massive AIG failure? What is the end game for American taxpayers?
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden questions the financial burden on taxpayers regarding AIG's failure.

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