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Jeb Hensarling: “I would also say to Mr. Borst and Ms. Bertsch, again, you may be right, but we recently, as a Member of Congress, heard…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2009
I would also say to Mr. Borst and Ms. Bertsch, again, you may be right, but we recently, as a Member of Congress, heard from CIT that if they did not receive taxpayer funds that they would have to go into liquidation.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Hensarling questions the reliance on taxpayer funds for companies.

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