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Sherrod Brown: “If these are the costs of a safer financial system, aren't they worth it?”

On the recordJuly 17, 2013
If these are the costs of a safer financial system, aren't they worth it?
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Brown argues that the costs of financial regulations are justified for safety.

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