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On the recordFebruary 24, 2010
Since the fall of 2008, I have advocated that Congress establish a statutory resolution regime that provides a workable alternative to Government bailouts and disorderly bankruptcies.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke supports a resolution regime to avoid future bailouts.

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