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With many institutions still designated as "systemically important" or "too big to fail" even seven years after the financial crisis, a subcommittee of the Senate Banking Committee convened for a hearing on Wednesday to discuss ways in which bankruptcy reform could end "too big to fail."

Regulators are hindering much-needed competition in the banking industry and placing consumers and taxpayers at risk, according to a report released on Thursday from the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) titled "A Bird in the Hand and No Banks in the Bush." The report also noted that this lack of competition in banking furthers the same too-big-to-fail rationale that led to past bank bailouts.

The debate over whether "too big to fail" has ended and the criteria for designating a bank holding company as "systemically important" under Dodd-Frank has continued this week as lawmakers convened to discuss the controversial law and its effect on the American financial system.