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On the recordFebruary 26, 2014
we cannot even get more than 1 percent of the names of folks, and yet it is up to our regulatory agencies to decide whether and how a bank participates in the U.S. economy.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley emphasizes the lack of transparency in banking regulation regarding tax evasion.

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