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Jeb Hensarling: Financial regulators possessed every regulatory power to prevent the 2008 financial crisis, but failed to do so.

On the recordDecember 7, 2015
Financial regulators possessed every regulatory power to prevent the 2008 financial crisis, but failed to do so.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Criticism of regulators for failing to prevent the financial crisis despite having the power.

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