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Jeb Hensarling: “Dodd-Frank has always been based upon a false premise that somehow deregulation or lack of regulation led us into the…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2014
Dodd-Frank has always been based upon a false premise that somehow deregulation or lack of regulation led us into the crisis.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Hensarling critiques Dodd-Frank's foundational assumptions regarding deregulation and the financial crisis.

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