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Bill Foster: “I agree completely. Look, I have been lurking in the deep weeds for over a decade and trying to get this split inside…”

On the recordDecember 7, 2021
I agree completely. Look, I have been lurking in the deep weeds for over a decade and trying to get this split inside Congress between the SEC and the CFTC.
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

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Foster discusses the long-standing regulatory split between SEC and CFTC.

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