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Jeb Hensarling: But the problem is it gave so much discretionary power to regulators that now we are ruled by regulation.

On the recordJuly 27, 2015
But the problem is it gave so much discretionary power to regulators that now we are ruled by regulation.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Critiques the regulatory power granted by Dodd-Frank.

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