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Jeb Hensarling: “The idea that we can make up for bad trade policies and restore the economy by letting Wall Street do anything they want…”

On the recordApril 25, 2017
The idea that we can make up for bad trade policies and restore the economy by letting Wall Street do anything they want didn't work in 2008. It is not going to work now.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Warning against repeating past economic mistakes through deregulation.

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