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Elizabeth Warren: “The first, which every Republican on this Committee supported, is to raise the threshold to $500 billion--that is, cut…”

On the recordJuly 15, 2015
The first, which every Republican on this Committee supported, is to raise the threshold to $500 billion--that is, cut loose about 30 or so of the biggest banks in this country, and just hope for the best.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren criticizes a proposal to raise the bank asset threshold for tougher regulations.

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