. >> i am kay bailey hutcheson, united states senator from texas.for more than a year, democrats and republicans on capitol hill have been working to craft legislation that would prevent another catastrophic financial crisis like we saw in the fall of 2008. republicans are working to ensure the bill would prevent any future bailout of wall street banks. the idea that a financial institution is too big to fail perverts free-market capitalism. it suggests that large firms can privatize their profits, yet socialize their risk, or put simply, these companies take their profits in good times, but when things go bad, they turn to the government to bail them out. this must end. the american people should not be forced to pay the risky gambling debts of the large financial institutions. the democrats pushed a bill for the senate banking committee that does not stop future bailouts. republicans have been attacked for speaking out against it and asking for bipartisan negotiations before allowing the bill to be debated on the senate floor. to be clear, we will

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