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On the recordFebruary 7, 2012
When you essentially give unfettered, unprecedented discretionary powers to unelected bureaucrats, they have a tendency to use it.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Hensarling warns against giving too much power to bureaucrats under Dodd-Frank.

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