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Carl Levin: “It is difficult for me to accept that, when you do not try to enforce a subpoena, when you do not go to a court when you…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2014
It is difficult for me to accept that, when you do not try to enforce a subpoena, when you do not go to a court when you have a subpoena which you have issued, to enforce it to get records, to help put the pressure on a bank.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin expresses frustration over lack of enforcement of subpoenas against banks.

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