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Brad Sherman: “The problem we have, the problem that this committee has not fixed, is that the credit rating agency is the only game…”

On the recordApril 25, 2017
The problem we have, the problem that this committee has not fixed, is that the credit rating agency is the only game where the umpire is elected and paid by one of the teams.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Sherman criticizes the conflict of interest in credit rating agencies.

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