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On the recordOctober 21, 2009
Given, however, that this Subcommittee is charged with ensuring the effective functioning of the Nation's bankruptcy system and the three-part system of government that we have had for 200-and-something years, we take a keen interest in any move to go outside that system.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Steve Cohen emphasizes the Subcommittee's responsibility to uphold the bankruptcy system.

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