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Brad Sherman: I have had the regulators here and I begged them and implored them to allow banks to make prime plus eight loans.

On the recordJuly 11, 2016
I have had the regulators here and I begged them and implored them to allow banks to make prime plus eight loans.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

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Sherman criticizes regulatory barriers preventing banks from making higher-risk loans.

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