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On the recordJuly 11, 2011
I think this issue of sort of, well, if they do not have appropriate oversight by the appropriators, they just will not be accountable to the American people defies the financial system we have in place today.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed argues for accountability in financial oversight without appropriators.

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