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John Carney: I think that the purpose here is to gum up the works so that in the case of the CFPB, the Consumer Financial Protection…

On the recordDecember 3, 2013
I think that the purpose here is to gum up the works so that in the case of the CFPB, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, they cannot protect the consumer.
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John Carney
Democratic · Delaware

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Carney argues the bill aims to obstruct the CFPB's consumer protection role.

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