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Jeb Hensarling: “I'm not here today to have the debate about how worthy the IMF may be, but I am here today to raise the question of…”

On the recordMay 12, 2009
I'm not here today to have the debate about how worthy the IMF may be, but I am here today to raise the question of whether or not today is the time that the United States should be committing an extra $100 billion of taxpayer money to the IMF.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Hensarling questions the timing of a proposed $100 billion IMF commitment.

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