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On the recordMarch 18, 2009
Well, let me ask you, you have twice been criticized by your own Inspector General for keeping, quote, "a light touch," light for too long when banks under your watch were getting in trouble.
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Bob Menendez Jr.
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez questions the Comptroller's oversight of banks amid criticism.

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