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On the recordFebruary 24, 2010
Certainly Congress could provide guidance about what they would like to see shut down or make specific statutory recommendations or statutory laws.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke discusses the role of Congress in regulatory guidance.

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