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On the recordSeptember 12, 2012
if the Bureau can easily ignore a statute, it raises the more serious question of whether Congress or the Bureau has the final say over what the law is
Said by
Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby questions the authority of the CFPB to bypass laws.

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