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On the recordOctober 21, 2009
Today we meet to consider the critical question of whether the Administration has met its burden of demonstrating that the bankruptcy code should be set aside with respect to large, non-bank, financial institutions that are critical to the Nation's financial system--too big to fail.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Steve Cohen outlines the purpose of the hearing regarding bankruptcy code and large financial institutions.

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