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Mark Kirk: “I would just hope you would use your systemic risk authority, because I think that is your big 'get out of jail free'…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2011
I would just hope you would use your systemic risk authority, because I think that is your big 'get out of jail free' card, to look at threats to the U.S. financial system, and I am worried that States are so powerful and so politically connected, you will hold back.
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Mark Kirk
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Kirk expresses concern about state influence on financial oversight.

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