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Tim Scott: “If you can't stay on mission and enforce the laws as they already are on the books, how can you ask Congress for more…”

On the recordMarch 27, 2023
If you can't stay on mission and enforce the laws as they already are on the books, how can you ask Congress for more authority with a straight face?
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Scott questions the Federal Reserve's authority amid regulatory failures.

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