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On the recordMay 20, 2013
I think the obligation of the Treasury Department here is to ensure that laws that are passed are implemented in the way that Congress intended them through regulatory activity; and, second, where there are problems that arise, to propose legislative fixes to those.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin emphasizes the Treasury's role in implementing laws and proposing fixes.

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