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On the recordAugust 4, 2009
And, second, your proposal, of course, is not mandatory, and simply giving the information, if everyone is in the same boat--and just a few of them doing the same practice might prove to have the same discouraging effect of sort of paying for a good rating.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Schumer critiques the non-mandatory nature of a proposal regarding ratings.

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