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Terri Sewell: Dodd-Frank was intended to provide more transparency and oversight to our financial markets and to ensure that another…

On the recordMarch 27, 2012
Dodd-Frank was intended to provide more transparency and oversight to our financial markets and to ensure that another financial crisis and meltdown does not occur.
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Terri Sewell
Democratic · Alabama

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Sewell emphasizes Dodd-Frank's goal of enhancing financial market transparency to prevent crises.

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