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Andy Barr: It becomes clear that this effort is not about managing financial stress, but it is really about causing financial…

On the recordJune 29, 2021
It becomes clear that this effort is not about managing financial stress, but it is really about causing financial stress, specifically to those companies and industries that are politically unpopular.
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Andy Barr
Republican · Kentucky

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Barr claims that the financial regulations target politically unpopular industries rather than managing stress.

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