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Elizabeth Warren: “You do not get to write a law that shoves the Fed in a strictly deregulatory direction and then turn around and say…”

On the recordMay 16, 2023
You do not get to write a law that shoves the Fed in a strictly deregulatory direction and then turn around and say, 'Gee, we wish they had not deregulated.'
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren criticizes lawmakers for deregulating and then blaming the Fed for the consequences.

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