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Sheldon Whitehouse: “I think a lot depends on whose ox is being gored here, and right now it is the consumer's.”

On the recordDecember 16, 2013
I think a lot depends on whose ox is being gored here, and right now it is the consumer's.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse highlights the impact of arbitration clauses on consumers.

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