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On the recordJuly 9, 2012
My friends, and I mean 'my friends' on the other side of the aisle want to do away with any reform that we put in place because of this colossal historical financial debacle that we have gone through beginning in 2008.
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Stephen Lee Fincher
Tennessee

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Criticism of opposition wanting to repeal financial reforms post-2008 crisis.

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