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Jeff Merkley: “We could sort of allow certain institutions to be able to escape the regulatory situation if they were to divest their…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2010
We could sort of allow certain institutions to be able to escape the regulatory situation if they were to divest their banks
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the idea of allowing some institutions to evade regulation.

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