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On the recordOctober 21, 2009
I was the initial person to suggest we should raise our FDIC rates here in Congress.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Cohen claims credit for initiating the increase in FDIC rates for depositors' safety.

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