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Barney Frank: “If I had one magic wand I could wave, I would have merged the SEC and the CFTC.”

On the recordJuly 22, 2014
If I had one magic wand I could wave, I would have merged the SEC and the CFTC.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Frank expresses a desire to streamline financial regulation by merging agencies.

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