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On the recordJuly 21, 2011
My friend is unfair to the Republicans, because they do create more jobs in this bill. The CBO says this bill will cost $71 million because instead of the single administrator, they want to create four more bureaucrats, with more staff. CBO says this will cost $71 million. So, in fact, there are some jobs they're going to create. They will be for bureaucrats who can dilute the activity of the consumer bureau. {time} 1400
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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