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Jeff Merkley: “I had an interesting conversation the other day with a senior member of the New York Stock Exchange.”

On the recordMarch 4, 2009
I had an interesting conversation the other day with a senior member of the New York Stock Exchange.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley discusses a conversation about regulatory oversight of credit default swaps.

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