My concern is this creates this artificial wall that actually diminishes the quality of our businesses, diminishes the incentive to start new franchises, and puts this fear into franchisors that I cannot really engage with the quality oversight and verification that I used to do.
On the recordMay 13, 2015
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Lankford expresses concern about regulations harming franchise opportunities.
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