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On the recordMay 10, 2012
Well, they just lost $2 billion. They just lost about five times that or four times that through their own errors.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Frank highlights the significant losses incurred by JPMorgan Chase due to errors, arguing for the importance of regulation.

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