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Jeb Hensarling: “The underlying assumption is that our economic turmoil has somehow been caused by lack of regulation.”

On the recordJuly 13, 2009
The underlying assumption is that our economic turmoil has somehow been caused by lack of regulation.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Disagreement with the notion that economic issues stem from insufficient regulation.

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