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Dick Durbin: “What I've said to my colleagues on both sides of the Rotunda is that if we do not adequately finance your agency...”

On the recordMarch 20, 2012
What I've said to my colleagues on both sides of the Rotunda is that if we do not adequately finance your agency...
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin emphasizes the need for adequate funding for the agency to manage increased trading volume.

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