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Patrick Leahy: “The most severe--certainly the most severe--economic period of my lifetime.”

On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
The most severe--certainly the most severe--economic period of my lifetime.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy describes the current economic crisis as the worst he has experienced.

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