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Jack Reed: “If and when people get to the point of proposing things which would fundamentally alter the separation between banking…”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
If and when people get to the point of proposing things which would fundamentally alter the separation between banking and commerce, that is a judgment for the Congress to make ultimately.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Reed emphasizes Congress's role in regulating banking and commerce separation.

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