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John Thune: “I sincerely hope it was not the intent of Dodd-Frank and those who wrote the law to create a mass exodus of capital from…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2011
I sincerely hope it was not the intent of Dodd-Frank and those who wrote the law to create a mass exodus of capital from the United States.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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Thune questions the intentions behind Dodd-Frank regarding capital flight.

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