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On the recordMarch 23, 2015
the SIFI threshold is too low, it appears, and we are making regional banks act like and think like and hire like it is a G-SIB.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Senator Scott argues that current regulations unfairly burden regional banks.

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