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Barney Frank: I don't understand how you reconcile an argument that uncertainty is our major problem with a plea for more uncertainty…

On the recordJanuary 17, 2012
I don't understand how you reconcile an argument that uncertainty is our major problem with a plea for more uncertainty by delaying the rule.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Frank criticizes calls for delaying regulation as contradictory to concerns about uncertainty.

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