Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said Thursday that he doesn’t have “any specific plans for an attack” on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act if confirmed, only a review, and that unfinished rules mandated by Dodd-Frank “should go forward.”

Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, queried Clayton during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee about Trump’s stated promise to “do a big number” on Dodd-Frank, and asked him “what aspects of Dodd-Frank are you going to attack?”

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