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Thomas A. Garrett: “If the gentleman will yield, I know I read through it quickly because I was asked to move along things quickly at the…”

On the recordJune 15, 2011
If the gentleman will yield, I know I read through it quickly because I was asked to move along things quickly at the end of the evening, but one of the documents that I read was one of the comment letters. It was not from the Wall Street bank but was from the American Benefits Council, those very same pension benefits companies speaking about this. They are the ones who are raising it. So it is those end users. Those are the participants. Those people are representing beneficiaries. They are the ones who are asking for this delay. It's not the Wall Street banks that I'm making reference to. It's the pension funds.
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Thomas A. Garrett
Virginia
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Jun 15, 2011

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