Sen. Tim Johnson Says Dismantling Dodd-Frank Is ‘Dangerous’

At a hearing conducted Tuesday by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the committee's Democratic chairman Tim Johnson, D-S.D., (left) said that tearing down the Dodd-Frank reform law of 2010 "would be dangerous and irresponsible."

Reuters reported that the hearing focusedon the independent Federal Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) and its work; the bipartisan commission could not issue a unified report after its work was done, although individual members released their own findings.

Phil Angelides defended the work of the FCIC, saying that it had conducted a thorough inquiry, but Republicans have been critical of the commission. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., said the banking committee should have conducted its own investigation instead of assigning it to the FCIC. He also criticized Dodd-Frank, which Republicans have been opposed to. While Dodd-Frank was created in response to the financial crisis, the FCIC findings did not appear until after Dodd-Frank was approved.