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Elizabeth Warren: “Well, it's set up to have oversight in terms of its money.”

On the recordJuly 13, 2011
Well, it's set up to have oversight in terms of its money.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren explains the budget governance of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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