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On the recordJuly 9, 2012
I don't think it is yet. But we needed the Wall Street reform act because 'too big to fail' policies foreclose competition.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers questions the timing of the hearing on the Wall Street reform act.

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