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On the recordJune 17, 2009
Accountability at the Fed--Mr. Secretary, the Federal Reserve System was not designed to carry out the systemic risk oversight mission the administration proposes to give it.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Senator Shelby discusses the inadequacies of the Federal Reserve's oversight capabilities.

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