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Mike Johnson: “I think the Brown-Kaufman amendment, which would have imposed a hard cap on the size of banks relative to the economy…”

On the recordDecember 6, 2011
I think the Brown-Kaufman amendment, which would have imposed a hard cap on the size of banks relative to the economy, was exactly right when it was proposed.
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana

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Johnson supports the Brown-Kaufman amendment for capping bank sizes.

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