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Spencer Bachus: “Its passage by Congress in 2010 was an acknowledgment that insufficient regulation led to the problem of the so-called…”

On the recordDecember 2, 2013
Its passage by Congress in 2010 was an acknowledgment that insufficient regulation led to the problem of the so-called 'too big to fail' financial institutions.
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Spencer Bachus
Alabama

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Bachus explains the rationale behind Dodd-Frank's creation.

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