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Bill Foster: “There is not a lot of action that is necessary from our point of view there.”

On the recordJune 8, 2009
There is not a lot of action that is necessary from our point of view there.
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Foster suggests minimal regulatory action is needed for interest rate contracts.

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