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Richard Shelby: Quickly, is the Fed really the appropriate agency to regulate insurance companies, because they have no history there.

On the recordJuly 27, 2009
Quickly, is the Fed really the appropriate agency to regulate insurance companies, because they have no history there.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Senator Shelby questions the Federal Reserve's capability in regulating insurance due to lack of experience.

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