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Mike Crapo: “It seems to me like we are raising the cost of capital and reducing the availability of capital for very little benefit.”

On the recordMay 24, 2011
It seems to me like we are raising the cost of capital and reducing the availability of capital for very little benefit.
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Mike Crapo
Republican · Idaho

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Crapo argues that new regulations increase costs without significant benefits.

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