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On the recordApril 30, 2010
The bill before the Senate places strict new regulations to stop Wall Street's reckless gambling. There will be no more taxpayer bailouts; that is, no bailouts ever. It ends too big to fail. It puts a new cop on the beat. It puts consumers in control with information that is in plain English. Let me repeat. The legislation before this body holds Wall Street accountable, ends taxpayer bailouts, guarantees taxpayers will never again be forced to bail out reckless Wall Street firms by creating a safe way to liquidate failed firms without taxpayer money, ends too big to fail with strict new caps on leverage requirements to prevent firms from growing too big to fail, brings sunlight and transparency to shadowy markets where Wall Street executives make gambles that threaten our entire economy. That will no longer exist. It reins in CEO pay, it protects community banks, streamlines bank supervision to create clarity and accountability, and protects the dual banking system that supports community banks; it protects consumers in many different ways. In effect, it puts a new cop on the beat, creates an independent agency with broad authority to monitor firms for abusive practices and intervene to protect consumers.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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govinfo.gov
Apr 30, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is discussing the Wall Street reform legislation, S. 3217.

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