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On the recordMarch 9, 2009
If Franklin Roosevelt were to come back today and he would find we had these enormous pooled funds that were outside, virtually outside of any form of regulation, I think he would say, 'I thought we solved that problem in 1940.'
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Shelby reflects on the need for regulation in financial markets.

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