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On the recordJuly 22, 2014
Frankly, if they had done that earlier, they would have saved themselves I don't know how many--in the tens of billions of dollars for noncompliance.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Frank comments on JPMorgan Chase's compliance issues and financial losses.

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