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Richard Blumenthal: “In my view, that issue would be mooted if it adopted the recommendation that I have made, which is that it take back…”

On the recordNovember 3, 2009
In my view, that issue would be mooted if it adopted the recommendation that I have made, which is that it take back authority for all of these fee into trust decisions.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

He suggests Congress reclaim authority over trust decisions to resolve jurisdiction issues.

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