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On the recordJuly 15, 2014
There are direct costs of compliance, and then there are all the indirect costs of a reduction in innovation and dynamism that comes when regulators have the power to run these financial institutions like public utilities.
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Pat Toomey
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Toomey highlights the negative impact of regulations on innovation and costs.

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