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Chris Dodd: “As this Committee works to modernize our Nation's financial regulatory structure, the question is whether we should be…”

On the recordFebruary 23, 2009
As this Committee works to modernize our Nation's financial regulatory structure, the question is whether we should be giving you a bigger plate or whether we should be putting the Fed on a diet.
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut

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Dodd questions the expansion of the Fed's responsibilities amidst regulatory reforms.

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