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On the recordMarch 15, 2016
Sometimes I get to feeling that despite the great-sounding name--Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; it sounds really so wonderful--it is going to just be another government entity that will be used to punish political enemies and bully law-abiding citizens, like Lois Lerner and the IRS, for example.
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Bill Posey
Republican · Florida

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Posey expresses skepticism about the CFPB's potential misuse of power.

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