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James Lankford: “Rather than changing the rules and saying, OK, you can now use this money and count it as capital and count it as…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2016
Rather than changing the rules and saying, OK, you can now use this money and count it as capital and count it as assets, and the rules change through the middle of it, they are not going to do that in a private setting.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford argues against changing financial rules mid-process in private investments.

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