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Barney Frank: “I have been very skeptical of them doing that.”

On the recordJuly 22, 2014
I have been very skeptical of them doing that.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Frank expresses skepticism about designating nonbank institutions as SIFIs.

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