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On the recordSeptember 12, 2012
Dodd-Frank granted the Bureau the power to set its own budget and spending priorities without any Congressional oversight
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby highlights the Bureau's financial autonomy under Dodd-Frank.

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