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Nydia Velázquez: Has the President given you any directive that you felt interfered with your authority as an independent regulator?

On the recordMarch 6, 2019
Has the President given you any directive that you felt interfered with your authority as an independent regulator?
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Nydia Velázquez
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Velazquez questions Kraninger about presidential influence on her regulatory authority.

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