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Mike Rounds: “I think that this Committee should consider proposals like what were in Brown-Vitter, which would require a 15-percent…”

On the recordJune 6, 2016
I think that this Committee should consider proposals like what were in Brown-Vitter, which would require a 15-percent leverage ratio.
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Mike Rounds
Republican · South Dakota

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Rounds advocates for a 15% leverage ratio to improve capital requirements.

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