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On the recordMarch 17, 2015
We heard that when Dodd-Frank was passed it was going to end Wall Street productivity as we know it.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

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Jeffries addresses concerns about the Dodd-Frank Act's effects on Wall Street.

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