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Maria Cantwell: “The problem that we have is that the definition of that was left to the regulators to decide.”

On the recordJanuary 18, 2017
The problem that we have is that the definition of that was left to the regulators to decide.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Cantwell discusses issues with regulatory definitions affecting proprietary trading.

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