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Tim Scott: “The Basel and Dodd-Frank standards that come with the SIFI designation is like a tax on labor and capital.”

On the recordMarch 23, 2015
The Basel and Dodd-Frank standards that come with the SIFI designation is like a tax on labor and capital.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Scott criticizes Dodd-Frank regulations as harmful to economic growth.

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