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On the recordFebruary 14, 2012
This agency, in my opinion, merits a great deal of independence given what we went through with the debacle as it relates to financial institutions.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Arguing for the independence of the CFPB due to past financial crises.

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