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On the recordJuly 30, 2014
But a lot of times we have to take very simple approaches, and there has been a lot of discussion about not letting institutions grow beyond $250 billion.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed critiques simplistic approaches to regulating large financial institutions.

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