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Dick Lugar: “There is not an understanding I think, perhaps, of the scope of what this means if you are to take in all of the…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2009
There is not an understanding I think, perhaps, of the scope of what this means if you are to take in all of the different types of derivative contracts and various other situations.
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Dick Lugar
Republican · Indiana

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Senator Lugar emphasizes the need for understanding the regulatory scope for derivatives.

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