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Pat McHenry: “I want to comply with the law. I can't read it. And I can't afford to hire an army of lawyers to come in and read it for…”

On the recordJuly 13, 2011
I want to comply with the law. I can't read it. And I can't afford to hire an army of lawyers to come in and read it for me and then tell me what I am supposed to do.
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Pat McHenry
Republican · North Carolina

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McHenry emphasizes the difficulty of understanding legal regulations for community banks.

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