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Rubén Hinojosa: As we approach the 2-year anniversary of the passing of the Dodd-Frank Act, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle…

On the recordJuly 9, 2012
As we approach the 2-year anniversary of the passing of the Dodd-Frank Act, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are continually holding these hearings, not on proposed legislation, but to attack the Act and to make a political point.
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Rubén Hinojosa
Texas

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Hinojosa criticizes ongoing hearings as politically motivated attacks on the Dodd-Frank Act.

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