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Tom Harkin: I think we agree on the need to enact significant regulatory reform--significant regulatory reform--of the derivatives…

On the recordJune 3, 2009
I think we agree on the need to enact significant regulatory reform--significant regulatory reform--of the derivatives market.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin stresses the importance of significant reforms in the derivatives market.

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