President Barack Obama had a key line in his speech to Ohioans on Wednesday, touting his recess appointment of former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to the top spot of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created by the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory reform legislation. “Now is the time to do everything we can to protect consumers and prevent a financial crisis like the one we’ve been through from ever happening again,” Obama said. “And that starts with letting Richard Cordray do his job.”
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