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Andy Barr: “I think the Bureau is taking an overly restrictive view of your administrative--certainly you exercise a whole lot of…”

On the recordApril 4, 2017
I think the Bureau is taking an overly restrictive view of your administrative--certainly you exercise a whole lot of discretion to take away financial services and products from the American people.
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Andy Barr
Republican · Kentucky

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Barr criticizes the Bureau for restricting financial services available to Americans.

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