Political Quotes

On the recordJanuary 27, 2010
Do you believe that the American people have a right to know who received trillions of dollars, which financial institutions received trillions of dollars of zero-interest loans?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders questions the transparency of financial institutions receiving government loans.

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