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Mick Mulvaney: “I imagine that might have made sense in 1980. I have no idea why it would make sense today.”

On the recordOctober 22, 2013
I imagine that might have made sense in 1980. I have no idea why it would make sense today.
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Mick Mulvaney
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Mulvaney questions outdated investment limits on BDCs established in 1980.

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