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On the recordMay 17, 2010
That is the Greenspan rule. That is exactly the theory that Alan Greenspan used to justify deregulation of the financial regulatory structure that we had.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse critiques deregulation theory linked to financial disasters.

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