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Bill Pascrell: You can say you're giving the government more power. Why are we so frightened to give oversight to government? This is…

On the recordJune 6, 2012
You can say you're giving the government more power. Why are we so frightened to give oversight to government? This is what got us into a big jam in the last 20 years when there was very little oversight over financial transactions. We need to have more power for the Federal Government to fight against offshore tax havens and tax cheats because the bottom line is, if we don't, then more of the burden is placed upon us.
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Bill Pascrell
Democratic · New Jersey
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Jun 6, 2012

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