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Sheldon Whitehouse: “I think that OMB is well suited to be a place that sounds the alarm where it looks like there might be instances of…”

On the recordApril 9, 2013
I think that OMB is well suited to be a place that sounds the alarm where it looks like there might be instances of regulatory capture in the Federal Government.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse emphasizes OMB's role in identifying regulatory capture.

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