It is a terrific and unjustified government intrusion, I believe, at the behest of the credit card industry.
Sheldon Whitehouse: “It is a terrific and unjustified government intrusion, I believe, at the behest of the credit card industry.”
On the recordOctober 19, 2009
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Whitehouse describes government intervention in bankruptcy as unjustified.
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