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Maria Cantwell: “And what about in an economic downturn like we saw in 2008, 2009? What happened then to private financing?”

On the recordJuly 30, 2014
And what about in an economic downturn like we saw in 2008, 2009? What happened then to private financing?
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Cantwell questions the impact of economic downturns on private financing.

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