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On the recordDecember 5, 2011
Regulators, the Treasury Department, and Congress are far too lenient with a Wall Street that they view as more essential than it actually is.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Brown criticizes leniency towards Wall Street, stressing the need for reforms.

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