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On the recordMarch 19, 2012
I believe that if the reforms Congress passed in 2010 had been in place 3 years before, or 5 years before, then our crisis would have been much less severe and we would have been in a much better position to manage the effects of the crisis and contain the damage on the American economy.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Hensarling discusses the impact of 2010 financial reforms on the economic crisis.

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