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On the recordJuly 22, 2014
I would think people worried about accountability would think it was a greater problem that the Federal Reserve wasn't subject to the appropriations process.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Frank argues that the Federal Reserve's lack of appropriations oversight is a bigger accountability issue than the CFPB's.

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