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Barney Frank: “It wasn't in the House, but there was a press conference in the White House that I attended long before it got to the…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 2012
It wasn't in the House, but there was a press conference in the White House that I attended long before it got to the end
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Frank clarifies the timeline of the Volcker Rule's introduction.

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