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      <excerpt> Senator Mike Johanns added, &amp;quot;I don&amp;#39;t think the Volcker Rule would have stopped the behaviour of AIG.&amp;quot; But Volcker argued the rule was needed to prevent ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...several lawmakers seemed unconvinced.  &quot;Tell me the evil you're trying to wrestle out of the system with this rule,&quot; said Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb.  &quot;What I want to get out of the system is taxpayer support for speculative activity,&quot; Volcker replied. &quot;I</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Under questioning from Sen. Mike Johanns (R., Neb.), Volcker said that had the rule been in place, it wouldn&amp;#39;t have prevented the collapse of Lehman Bros., ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> ... Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Senator Susan M. Collins of Maine, Senator John Cornyn of Texas, Senator Mike Johanns of Nebraska and Senator ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the hospital's existing outpatient clinic and additional parking. Nebraska's U.S. senators lauded the announcement. U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns, a Republican who serves on the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, said &quot;our veterans deserve the very best care </excerpt>
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