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On the recordMarch 16, 2023
Wall Street banks spent the ensuing years lobbying to roll back safeguards we passed in the wake of that crisis.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen remarks on Wall Street's lobbying efforts post-financial crisis.

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