I think that will make an enormous difference in making progress in the future, and the new agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that the Dodd-Frank bill authorizes, will have full authority to improve disclosures across the consumer financial marketplace.
Akaka discusses the role of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in improving financial disclosures.
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