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Elizabeth Warren: “I am a little surprised that as the head of FSOC and the Secretary of the Treasury that you would support a bill without…”

On the recordJanuary 29, 2018
I am a little surprised that as the head of FSOC and the Secretary of the Treasury that you would support a bill without knowing how much you are actually reducing the regulation on it in this giant financial institutions.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren questions Mnuchin's support for deregulation of major banks without understanding the risks involved.

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