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On the recordApril 11, 2018
I respectfully have to disagree with my colleague from Georgia. Having lived through the crisis, having been here and seen the meltdown, I think it was absolutely appropriate to create this agency.
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Mike Crapo
Republican · Idaho

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Crapo defends the creation of the CFPB based on past financial crises.

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