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Bob Menendez: If it is too expensive to internalize those risks, then that means that we need smaller institutions.

On the recordMarch 23, 2009
If it is too expensive to internalize those risks, then that means that we need smaller institutions.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez suggests smaller institutions may be necessary to manage risks.

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