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Andy Barr: “I think we should look at regulation as a cause of financial instability as a result of the lack of liquidity that we…”

On the recordDecember 7, 2015
I think we should look at regulation as a cause of financial instability as a result of the lack of liquidity that we are seeing developing in the marketplace.
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Andy Barr
Republican · Kentucky

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Barr suggests regulation may be causing financial instability due to reduced liquidity.

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