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Mike Rounds: “I think there seems to be a sense that $50 billion was arbitrary and that it is a matter of trying to find the right…”

On the recordMarch 23, 2015
I think there seems to be a sense that $50 billion was arbitrary and that it is a matter of trying to find the right number.
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Mike Rounds
Republican · South Dakota

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Rounds discusses the arbitrary nature of financial thresholds in regulation.

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