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Sheldon Whitehouse: “The danger, of course, is that the big, powerful groups that throw their weight around here would try to co-opt that…”

On the recordMay 18, 2015
The danger, of course, is that the big, powerful groups that throw their weight around here would try to co-opt that process so that it once again became the Wall Street and Big Polluter Free Ride Act of whatever year it was in.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse warns against powerful interests influencing regulatory reforms.

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