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On the recordDecember 31, 1994
Secrecy is a form of regulation, and while we're all familiar with government overregulation, the public cannot know of overregulation when the regulation is kept secret from them.
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Daniel Moynihan
New York

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Moynihan emphasized that secrecy prevents public awareness of government regulations.

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