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On the recordApril 4, 2011
Since the day I introduced the first bill to create such a bureau, Wall Street has fought to defeat and undermine it.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin discusses Wall Street's opposition to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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