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Elizabeth Warren: “But, Mr. Secretary, what has been the consequence of your having imposed these, as you put them, costs on size? We have…”

On the recordJune 24, 2014
But, Mr. Secretary, what has been the consequence of your having imposed these, as you put them, costs on size? We have watched over the last 5 years the largest financial institutions have gotten substantially larger.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren questions the effectiveness of regulations on large financial institutions.

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