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On the recordMay 5, 2009
I agree, there could be much more attention to that, as somebody who suffered through the Enron crisis and now the credit default crisis, I guarantee you there would have been, with better coverage of those issues, more knowledge for the public, everybody, maybe, would have avoided some of that.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Cantwell emphasizes the need for better journalism to prevent financial crises.

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