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Sherrod Brown: “I urge you to hold fast on them when the megabanks fight to weaken those standards.”

On the recordJuly 17, 2013
I urge you to hold fast on them when the megabanks fight to weaken those standards.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Brown emphasizes the importance of maintaining strong capital standards against pressure from large banks.

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