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Barney Frank: Yes. I am proud of the fact that we insulated the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from that strangulation by…

On the recordJuly 22, 2014
Yes. I am proud of the fact that we insulated the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from that strangulation by non-appropriation that has happened to the CFTC.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Frank highlights the protection of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from funding cuts.

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