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Barney Frank: “I am trying to figure out what harm can come.”

On the recordMarch 30, 2011
I am trying to figure out what harm can come.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Frank questions the potential harm of proposed financial regulations.

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