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On the recordMay 10, 2021
. . . we need to continue to work on FATCA compliance. It's too bad that we couldn't put an extra `T' on it. Then it would say FATCAT, which would be such an appropriate acronym for it.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse comments on the need for FATCA compliance humorously.

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