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Jeb Hensarling: “It has been almost 7 years since the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act. We were told it would lift our economy, but instead…”

On the recordApril 25, 2017
It has been almost 7 years since the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act. We were told it would lift our economy, but instead we are stuck in the slowest, weakest, most tepid recovery in the history of the republic.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Criticism of the Dodd-Frank Act's impact on the economy.

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