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Jack Reed: “It seems from your comments that the possibility exists of having the worse of two worlds: regulations on the books…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2011
It seems from your comments that the possibility exists of having the worse of two worlds: regulations on the books which will require you under Dodd-Frank, but ineffective resources to respond to legitimate questions of business.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Reed warns about the dangers of having regulations without adequate resources for enforcement.

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