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Bill Huizenga: “I think this really gets to what both the Chairman and a number of us have said is, if you have a financial institution…”

On the recordApril 16, 2018
I think this really gets to what both the Chairman and a number of us have said is, if you have a financial institution that is not in trouble, that hasn't tripped any of these legal wires. Really, what is the legal standing for the Federal Reserve and its regulators to come in and be involved with board decisions, much less discussions with committees of that?
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Bill Huizenga
Republican · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Huizenga questions the Fed's authority over non-troubled financial institutions.

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