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On the recordJuly 8, 2013
Not surprisingly, this impressive and unprecedented power, designed to protect the largest and most interconnected financial institutions, is also being criticized as being unconstitutional.
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Pat McHenry
Republican · North Carolina

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McHenry notes the constitutional criticisms of the powers granted by Dodd-Frank.

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