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Brad Sherman: “Systemic risk regulator--everybody knows that we need one, but nobody knows what it is.”

On the recordMarch 4, 2009
Systemic risk regulator--everybody knows that we need one, but nobody knows what it is.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

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Sherman emphasizes the need for a systemic risk regulator amid financial uncertainties.

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