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James Lankford: “How do we keep a group with so much authority and so little accountability from getting this tunnel vision that you talk…”

On the recordMay 24, 2011
How do we keep a group with so much authority and so little accountability from getting this tunnel vision that you talk about in your book?
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Lankford questions oversight of independent agencies like CFPB to prevent tunnel vision.

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