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Giving the Secretary this authority would be an unprecedented transfer of power to the federal government. The current model for regulating the financial markets relies on independent agencies that are independent from the political process.
I have serious concerns regarding the role of government intervening in the private sector, and I expressed as much yesterday in a Financial Services Committee hearing on AIG with Treasury Secretary Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Take a look:
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