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Jeb Hensarling: “It wasn't deregulation. It was bad regulation that helped lead us into this crisis.”

On the recordJuly 22, 2014
It wasn't deregulation. It was bad regulation that helped lead us into this crisis.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

He argues that poor regulation, not deregulation, caused the financial crisis.

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