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Patty Murray: “They were pretty angry that their tax dollars were being used to cover the consequences of years of recklessness on Wall…”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2010
They were pretty angry that their tax dollars were being used to cover the consequences of years of recklessness on Wall Street and failures of a regulatory system.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray expresses constituents' anger over taxpayer money used to address Wall Street's failures.

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