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Lamar Alexander: “If I may interrupt just a minute to specify, the first risk is that you do not get your money back.”

On the recordMarch 2, 2009
If I may interrupt just a minute to specify, the first risk is that you do not get your money back.
Said by
Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Discussing risks associated with the Federal Reserve's balance sheet.

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