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On the recordFebruary 6, 1995
So you have the American people against the bailout, you have the Mexican people against the bailout. And one of the frustrations that all of us share is that we know that, if that vote had come to the floor of the House, the U.S. Congress, House and Senate, Republicans and Democrats, and the only independent, were all against the bailout.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Discussing opposition to a bailout during a House floor debate.

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