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On the recordMay 21, 2007
Chairman, your response does indeed clarify the situation, and I thank you for doing that. And I again thank you and the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Gillmor) for their work on this important bill. I would also like to join with you. You have both praised Chairman Bair, and I think she has done an exceptional job of trying to sort through this difficult situation. And I would also like to commend the OTS and the Federal Reserve for working a compromise on some of the supervisory questions that were presented by this bill. Late last week, they came to an agreement between themselves.
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Spencer Bachus
Alabama

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Acknowledging the efforts of colleagues and regulatory bodies on a significant bill.

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