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On the recordJanuary 8, 2009
So through the good times, we could have been laying money aside so that when this situation came, we would be in a strong economic condition. Instead, by squandering all those years, we have put the incoming administration in a very challenging position.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the economic challenges facing the incoming administration.

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