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Thom Tillis: “There was clearly a risk in 2008 that we had to produce regulations to avoid in the future, but we have clearly gone too…”

On the recordJune 14, 2017
There was clearly a risk in 2008 that we had to produce regulations to avoid in the future, but we have clearly gone too far.
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Thom Tillis
Republican · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Tillis argues that regulations post-2008 have become excessive and hinder economic growth.

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