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Sherrod Brown: “Last year, Senator Kaufman and I offered an amendment to Dodd-Frank that would have sent the clear message that Congress…”

On the recordDecember 6, 2011
Last year, Senator Kaufman and I offered an amendment to Dodd-Frank that would have sent the clear message that Congress believes that too big to fail means simply too big.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Brown discusses an amendment aimed at addressing the issue of 'too big to fail' banks.

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