Hillary Clinton Defends Dodd-Frank
Her comments come as Republicans in Congress look for ways to water down the overhaul of financial regulation.
Former United States Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks on stage at the 2014 Massachusetts Conference for Women at Boston Convention & Exhibition Center on December 4, 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Hillary Clinton is defending the Dodd-Frank Act as Republicans in Congress look for ways to water down the overhaul of financial regulation and some fellow Democrats accuse her of being too cozy with Wall Street.
“Attacking financial reform is risky and wrong,” Clinton, a former U.S. Secretary of State who’s considering a White House run in 2016, wrote Friday in a Twitter message. “Better for Congress to focus on jobs and wages for middle class families.”