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On the recordMarch 22, 2023
If you are going to do something, rather than just now saying--they think if you set a precedent now that they are expecting the feds to bail everybody out, and I don't think that is what our intentions are.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin expresses concern about setting a precedent for federal bailouts.

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