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On the recordMay 14, 2018
Can you just give me any reason why you think it would be appropriate to reduce capital standards for giant financial institutions?
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren demands justification for reducing capital standards for large financial institutions.

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