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On the recordJuly 30, 2014
I think this has been terribly useful. And I will ask, at least, are we better off than we were in 2008 with some of the provisions we have adopted in Dodd-Frank like those on derivatives, and the fact that we have actually put emphasis on higher capital levels?
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed questions the effectiveness of Dodd-Frank reforms since 2008.

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