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Rand Paul: “No other industry has that much power to select its regulators.”

On the recordJuly 15, 2009
No other industry has that much power to select its regulators.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Ron Paul highlights the conflict of interest in banking regulation.

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