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Elizabeth Warren: “How big do the biggest banks have to get before we consider breaking them up?”

On the recordMay 20, 2013
How big do the biggest banks have to get before we consider breaking them up?
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren questions the size of banks and the need for potential breakup.

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