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Pat McHenry: “I would say with billions of dollars already operating in this environment, with minimal fraud, that it shows that light…”

On the recordJune 27, 2012
I would say with billions of dollars already operating in this environment, with minimal fraud, that it shows that light touch regulation, transparency, basic rules of the road, would be sufficient, can be sufficient to that end of mitigating fraud.
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Pat McHenry
Republican · North Carolina

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McHenry argues that existing regulations are effective in reducing fraud in crowdfunding.

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