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Tim Geithner: “Those--the cuts are designed to starve those agencies of the ability--deny them the ability to enforce a set of basic…”

On the recordApril 4, 2011
Those--the cuts are designed to starve those agencies of the ability--deny them the ability to enforce a set of basic, sensible protections for consumers and investors.
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Tim Geithner
New York

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Geithner warns that proposed funding cuts would undermine Wall Street reform efforts.

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