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Pat Toomey

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Patrick Toomey is a former United States Senator from Pennsylvania, serving from 2011 to 2022. A member of the Republican Party, Toomey was known for his focus on fiscal conservatism, economic growth, and limited government. During his tenure, he served on several Senate committees, including the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, where he was involved in financial regulation and economic policy discussions.

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Jul 28, 2015

I have serious concerns about any proposal that would once again force Congress to face another bailout decision.

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Jul 28, 2015

The confusion of how a firm would be reorganized would likely lead policymakers to ignore the orderly liquidation authority.

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Jul 28, 2015

We have introduced the Taxpayer Protection and Responsible Resolution Act that addresses this too big to fail and this bailout risk head-on.

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Jul 28, 2015

In my views, Chapter 14 would work much better than Title II of Dodd-Frank.

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Jul 22, 2015

when we add this additional layer of regulation on institutions that are not individually systemically risky, we actually increase the risk that we will have a widespread problem.

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Jul 22, 2015

I think we have managed to completely eliminate--we have completely destroyed the entire de novo banking industry of America.

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Jul 21, 2015

the opacity with which the FSOC has been operating is extremely disturbing

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Jul 21, 2015

Well, and the sequence should include that all of that should be very well known and understood and publicly debated before anyone is subject to this regulation that they had no way to avoid but might well have chosen to avoid.

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Jul 21, 2015

It seems to be pretty far down the path of designating individual firms.

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