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Maxine Waters: “I'm really concerned about whether or not--in fact, you understand that we have been sitting here fighting to implement…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2016
I'm really concerned about whether or not--in fact, you understand that we have been sitting here fighting to implement Dodd-Frank and trying to work out some of the problems that have been identified with Dodd-Frank.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters expresses concern over the implementation of Dodd-Frank and its challenges.

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